Khabib Nurmagomedov’s camp send warning to Conor McGregor ahead of UFC 242: ‘You better bring security with you to Abu Dhabi’
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV’S camp have warned Conor McGregor to “bring security” if he shows up in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian star defends his title against Dustin Poirier in the Middle East on September 7 in his first fight since he submitted the Irishman back on an explosive night last October.
UFC president Dana White has offered McGregor a cageside seat to watch arch nemesis Nurmagomedov against the interim champion.
But Nurmagomedov’s trainer Javier Mendez has issued some words of advice to Notorious after his personal attacks against his fighter's religion, father and wife.
Speaking exclusively to SunSport, Mendez said: “If Conor shows up I think they better have a lot of security – that’s a Muslim country and I don’t think he’s made many friends.
“He better come well protected as a lot of people take offence to how he attacked Khabib’s country, their religion and attacked his father.”
The American continued: “The three things that they’re known to adore and hold dearer than life are those three things.
“Conor knows what he’s doing and he attacked those three things and he did the worst thing you could ever do by attacking his wife.”
Before Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor at UFC 229 the Irish star adopted his famous pre-fight mind games.
McGregor took aim at his rival’s father Abdulmanap, calling him a “quivering coward” and called devoted Muslim Nurmagomedov a “mad backwards c***” for not drinking the Irishman’s Proper 12 whisky.
He found himself in hot water six months later after tweeting a picture of Nurmagomedov on his wedding day, in which the fighter's partner has a veil covering her face, calling his wife “a towel”.
The attack has left the door open for a rematch against the unbeaten Russian, but Mendez has “no doubt” McGregor will get “smashed again” with his star desperate to dish out another beating.
Mendez added: “That made it even worse.
“Conor is a mastermind at what he does I just wish he never did those stuff, it just causes so much hate and I don’t like it.
“But that’s who he is and if he does get another shot to fight Khabib again it’s because of all the talk he’s done.
“This guy Khabib wants to smash him again – and he will get smashed again – no doubt about it, trust me on that he’ll get smashed again.
“It’s not like the Dustin fight, where it’s skills vs skills, big respect to Dustin he’s a true champion and true sportsman and his character is how it should be.”
Nurmagomedov himself also issued a warning to McGregor himself.
He said: “It will be more difficult to leave Abu Dhabi than New York
“If he plans to come, he should sit and watch the fights because it will be impossible to pull any of his underhanded tricks there.”
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