Khabib calls Conor McGregor “dirty” for deleted tweet about father

Khabib Nurmagomedov has given his thoughts on the nasty tweet sent by Conor McGregor about the Russian’s father.

Way back in October 2018 at UFC 229, Khabib beat McGregor via submission in what turned out to be a pretty one-sided main event. “The Eagle” was able to dictate the pace, tire Conor out and even drop him before the Irishman finally tapped in the fourth round.

Ever since then fans have been wondering whether or not we’d ever see a rematch but in the wake of Nurmagomedov’s retirement last year, that now seems pretty unlikely.

A step too far

One of the primary reasons for his decision to retire was the death of his father Abdulmanap due to complications from COVID-19. While 99% of the mixed martial arts community have respected that decision and sent their best to Khabib, McGregor let himself down last month with a tweet that mocked Nurmagomedov’s death in response to Khabib praising Poirier’s victory at UFC 264.

Now, during a recent podcast with Mike Tyson and Henry Cejudo, Khabib gave his own thoughts on what McGregor said.

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“When he talked about this, only evil can talk about your father, wife, kids, religion,” Nurmagomedov said. “If you’re normal human, you’re never going to talk about this stuff. For me, I think he post this tweet [while] drunk too much or [he was doing] something. Then the next day, he always delete these tweets. When he become normal life [he looks at his phone] and says, ‘Oh, look what I did.’ Then he delete. This is my opinion what he do all the time. 

“When someone is not with us – he is not even alive – this shows what you have inside. This shows how dirty you are. When you one of the best in the world and you come and you punch someone who is like 70 years old, like an old man [in a pub], this shows your heart. This shows who you are inside, how dirty you are. When you have parents and you have kids, how can you show yourself like this? I don’t understand why his close people don’t go, ‘Hey, what’s going on?’”

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