Conor Mcgregor Couldn’t Hold On To His Horses Attempted To Throw A Kick At Khabib Nurmagomedov During UFC 229 Face Off
Conor Mcgregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov made weight on Friday morning (Oct 5th, 2018) and went on to face off the same evening at weigh-ins Ceremonial event in front of large crowd.
As expected the staredown between two stars was intense and UFC head honcho Dana White tried hard to prevent something nasty fall from breaking out.
However, Mcgregor didn’t listen to company head and slapped Khabib’s outstretched hand, White separated them, at last Irishman threw a kick at ‘Eagle’ though Russian was safe as he was at some distance.
Check out the altercation below:
The FINAL faceoff!
🇷🇺 @TeamKhabib vs. 🇮🇪 @TheNotoriousMMA
SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT! #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/3jVTuFL1Hp
— UFC (@ufc) October 6, 2018
Following a brief scuffle, Joe Rogan went on to interview Conor Mcgregor, who said to Rogan don’t interact with Khabib.
“Don’t let that smelly rat put that hat on your head, Joe,” McGregor said. “The smell of that f—king thing. Don’t ever let him put that hat on your head. (via BloodyElbow)
“It’s good to be back. UFC fans, it’s good to be f—king back. The king is home.”
Then next Khabib, who thanks all Irish fans in the crowd, then warned them what he’d do to your boy.
“Tomorrow night, I’m going to smash your boy, guys. I’m going to smash your boy,” Nurmagomedov said. “And I want to say thank you all Irish fans, all fans around the world. Because of you guys, this fight is happening. Thank you guys and tomorrow night, inshallah, and still.”
UFC 229 PPV event is set to take place at the T-Mobile Arena tonight Saturday, October 6th with the main event start at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.
