Off the again of his thrilling title combat win in opposition to common-foe, Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 over the weekend, Islam Makhachev has been urged to chase a combat with ex-champion, Conor McGregor subsequent by his head coach, Javier Mendez.
Makhachev, the incumbent light-weight titleholder, headlined UFC 302 over the weekend in New Jersey, turning within the third profitable protection of his crown with a formidable win in opposition to former interim champion, Poirier.
Latching onto a fifth spherical end, Makhachev landed a D’Arce choke win over Poirier – with the bout between the duo considered as even on one choose’s scorecard forward of the fifth body, a lot to the dismay of Islam Makhachev’s coach, former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Islam Makhachev backed to combat Conor McGregor quickly
And staking his declare for a welterweight title siege off the again of his light-weight title protection at UFC 302, Makhachev ought to take into account a combat with the polarizing former two-weight champion, McGregor – in accordance with his coach, Mendez.
“Conor (McGregor) begins and goes on a rank, beginning to create drama with Islam (Makhachev),” Javier Mendez instructed Crimson Nook MMA. “Which is sort of good as a result of Conor’s the sort of man you wish to root in opposition to or root for. Regardless, everyone needs to see him, Me, I wish to see him get beat by Islam.”
So, for me, him doing what he’s doing is inflicting quite a lot of consideration so there wouldn’t be nothing higher for me and Khabib (Nurmagomedov) than to have Islam have a combat with him someplace down the road,” Mendez defined. “He introduced that staph [infection] up, which may be very observant on his half, to be sincere with you. The one factor is that he noticed it approach too late. On the time he talked about it, it was already three weeks previous.”
As for McGregor, hypothesis has been rife in a single day relating to the Dubliner’s return later this month at UFC 303, with the group confirming a press convention between himself and opponent, Michael Chandler – set to happen this night, had been postponed on the 3Arena.
Moreover, subsequent stories detailed how McGregor himself had cancelled multipl media obligations set to be carried out with broadcast companions previous to the occasion’s scrapping from the UFC.
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