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Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov claim
Khabib Nurmagomedov's coach Javier Mendez has claimed a bout between the new UFC lightweight champion and Conor McGregor is the biggest fight in mixed martial arts.
“It’s just a matter of whether Conor wants to come to the table or not,” Mendez told Express Sport when discussing a potential fight between Nurmagomedov and McGregor.
“And knowing Conor, he’s a great businessman, Conor is going to want the biggest payday for his efforts. And there isn’t going to be a bigger MMA fight than Khabib and Conor.
“The next big one that’s going to happen before that, in my opinion, I believe the logical step for Conor would be to fight Nate Diaz. Now or later.
“But that fight needs to also happen too. Because that’s also a big fight for Conor.
“The two big fights for Conor, in my opinion, are Khabib and Nate Diaz.”