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Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t need to make things personal to motivate him for a fight, but he plans on sending a very strong message with his performance against Tony Ferguson at UFC 209.
The top two lightweight contenders are scheduled to meet on March 4 with an interim title on the line with the winner likely moving on to face current champion Conor McGregor in a unification bout later this year.
Nurmagomedov and Ferguson have been scheduled to meet on two previous occasions with injuries to each fighter preventing the bout from taking place.
Now they are finally scheduled to square off at UFC 209 and the simmering bad blood shared between the two of them seems to stem from professional competition more than any thing else as they vie for the top spot in the lightweight division.
Of course, judging by Nurmagomedov’s threat — Ferguson might take the result personally.
“If you watch when I fight dos Anjos, Michael Johnson, Darrel Horcher, these guys are my opponents but he’s a little bit different than other guys. I want to break his face because I want to teach him respect,” Nurmagomedov said about the fight with Ferguson. “When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it but I go very slowly, be careful because I don’t want to give him injury. Because I understand (the) fight was finished. I need only to go a little bit slowly and he tapped.
“If Tony Ferguson gives me this arm, I’m going to break his arm like Frank Mir-(Antonio Rodrigo) Nogueira.''
Source:http://foxs.pt/2kkOthr
The top two lightweight contenders are scheduled to meet on March 4 with an interim title on the line with the winner likely moving on to face current champion Conor McGregor in a unification bout later this year.
Nurmagomedov and Ferguson have been scheduled to meet on two previous occasions with injuries to each fighter preventing the bout from taking place.
Now they are finally scheduled to square off at UFC 209 and the simmering bad blood shared between the two of them seems to stem from professional competition more than any thing else as they vie for the top spot in the lightweight division.
Of course, judging by Nurmagomedov’s threat — Ferguson might take the result personally.
“If you watch when I fight dos Anjos, Michael Johnson, Darrel Horcher, these guys are my opponents but he’s a little bit different than other guys. I want to break his face because I want to teach him respect,” Nurmagomedov said about the fight with Ferguson. “When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it but I go very slowly, be careful because I don’t want to give him injury. Because I understand (the) fight was finished. I need only to go a little bit slowly and he tapped.
“If Tony Ferguson gives me this arm, I’m going to break his arm like Frank Mir-(Antonio Rodrigo) Nogueira.''
Source:http://foxs.pt/2kkOthr