‘I resolve who I battle’: Khabib slaps down Dana White over claims McGregor will earn rematch if he wins on UFC comeback (VIDEO)

Khabib Nurmagomedov has no intention of dealing with Conor McGregor once more any time quickly, regardless of UFC boss Dana White claiming the Irishman could be in line for a rematch if he wins on his octagon comeback in January.

McGregor returns to face Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone within the welterweight predominant occasion at UFC 246 at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas on January 18 – the primary octagon outing for The Infamous since he misplaced to Khabib on the identical venue in October 2018.

Khabib is booked to defend his light-weight title in a long-awaited match-up with Tony Ferguson in New York in April.

Assuming the Russian wins that battle and McGregor beats Cerrone, UFC chief White lately stated a rematch between the pair would occur “fairly quickly.” 

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Khabib, nevertheless, clearly has little time for any such speak, dismissing McGregor versus Cerrone as a “second-rate” battle.

“I feel Cerrone misplaced seven or eight of his final 10 fights, the opposite man [McGregor] goes into his fourth yr and not using a victory. It is the minor leagues, it does not matter who wins,” Khabib stated in Russian at a press convention within the metropolis of Krasnodar in his homeland.   

“It surprises me when Dana White says that if Conor wins and I beat Ferguson, there shall be a rematch.

“I resolve who I battle subsequent.

“As a way to face me once more, to begin with [McGregor] must drop to 70kg [155lbs], after which win 10 fights in a row, identical to I did. Then we will take into consideration a rematch.

“For now, let him beat second-rate fighters,” Khabib added.    

That would put the undefeated Dagestani on collision course with the UFC hierarchy, with White reiterating on Thursday that McGregor deserves a shot on the light-weight title, ought to he beat Cerrone.  

“Come on guys, look what Conor’s executed during the last nevertheless a few years,” White stated.

“Then he loses to Khabib in a battle that was – whenever you speak about unhealthy blood – it’s like the subsequent stage of unhealthy blood.

“[Justin] Gaethje was on his manner up, too. We’ve supplied Gaethje numerous fights that Gaethje hasn’t taken, both. So Conor’s in line subsequent for [a title] battle if he beats Cowboy.”

In fact, all of that is hypothetical at current as each Khabib and McGregor want to come back by way of their respective bouts earlier than even considering a rematch.

However one factor’s for certain: Khabib will not be down for working it again together with his Irish nemesis any time within the close to future.

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