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Khabib Nurmagomedov punches Conor McGregor at UFC 229. Photo: AP

Conor McGregor has ‘0.0 per cent’ chance of Khabib rematch, says UFC champion’s manager

  • Ali Abdelaziz shuts down talk of ‘The Notorious’ getting next title shot
  • ‘Conor is like a sour ex-girlfriend … the train has left without him’

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager has shut down any chance of Conor McGregor getting another crack at the UFC lightweight champion.

“The Notorious” called for a rematch – even suggesting Moscow for the location – after the Russian retained his title with a third-round submission of Dustin Poirier in Abu Dhabi last weekend.
UFC president Dana White suggested a McGregor rematch “makes sense” if No 1-ranked Tony Ferguson doesn’t want the fight. But Ali Abdelaziz has shut down that notion.

“Conor is like a sour ex-girlfriend, she can’t get anybody else. This is what Conor is – he’s irrelevant,” Abdelaziz told TMZ Sports.

“You heard what Justin Gaethje said, he’s not a good person. The train has left without him. We don’t wanna talk about Conor, honestly.

“Khabib had such an amazing night on Saturday, he fought a great fighter, he beat a world champion, this is what we should talk about. Conor? Who cares. No, we already beat him, we whooped his ass.”

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Khabib submitted the Irishman with a neck crank in the fourth round of their acrimonious fight last October, where the bad blood spilled outside the octagon before and after the fight.

“He [McGregor] made it this ugly, this is the only thing he can do, promote ugliness,” Abdelaziz said. “We don’t promote ugliness, we Muslims will promote peace. We fight in a violent sport but you saw what Khabib and Poirer did at the end of the fight, it was nothing but respect.

“We don’t wanna go through this Conor b******* again. There is a 0.0 per cent chance.”

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