Published 14:42 IST, January 2nd 2020

Conor McGregor beats rival Khabib Nurmagomedov but not in the UFC octagon

Conor McGregor has surpassed Khabib Nurmagomedov before even returning inside the UFC octagon. Take a look at how Conor McGregor managed to top the charts

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Former double champion Cor McGregor is going to make his much-awaited UFC return against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at main event of UFC 246. Irish star has been out of sport for a long time, since his crushing defeat against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. However, that did t affect his popularity or earnings as Cor McGregor still tops chart of career earnings in UFC beating his rival Khabib Nurmagomedov with a huge margin.

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UFC news: Cor McGregor surpasses Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov h punished Cor McGregor when y met inside octagon and after so many trash talks and controversies, Khabib took fight personally but Cor McGregor h a different approach towards it. As he said between fight “It’s all business” (to Khabib Nurmagomedov) in middle of rounds, former double champion proved it right by marking career earnings of $12 million (as per reports). Well, this reported amount does t include Pay-per-view percent, and Cor McGregor is undisputed PPV king of UFC. Thus his actual earning is assumed to be much higher.

On or hand, Khabib Nurmagomedov has a career earning of $8.6 million (as per reports). undefeated Dstani sits in third spot of table and is pretty much behind Cor McGregor. fuel-fight between Cor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov has different versions when it comes to inside octagon and outside octagon fights. Khabib Nurmagomedov is undoubtedly larger man inside octagon but as we step outside, Cor McGregor stands taller than all his contemporaries.

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UFC news: What’s next for Cor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov

Cor McGregor will be facing Donald Cerrone, man with most UFC wins in a welterweight contest in UFC 246 main event. While lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is slated to go against Tony Ferguson at UFC 247. 

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14:42 IST, January 2nd 2020