Published 17:35 IST, June 8th 2020

Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager ABUSES Conor McGregor after retirement claim

Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager lashed out at Conor McGregor for retiring from the sport of MMA and listing the reason as "due to lack of competition".

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Just when UFC President Dana White was basking in glory of yet ar successful live event in middle of a pandemic, Cor McGregor dealt Dana White a major blow. As Amanda Nunes was celebrating making history at UFC 250 in Las Vegas, Cor McGregor anunced his retirement on social media, taking UFC world by storm. While McGregor's retirement was met with mixed reactions, with many claiming that this would be a repeat of when he publicly anunced his retirement after losing to Nate Diaz in 2016, a number of brawlers took aim at McGregor in wake of his anuncement. 

Undefeated boxer Floyd Maywear and UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje bit out at ‘ torious’ on social media by mocking his decision to hang up his fighting gloves. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manr Ali Abdelaziz also lashed out at Irish superstar as he went on to highlight a bunch of flaws in Cor McGregor’s decision on Twitter.

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UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov's manr Ali Abdelaziz mocks Cor McGregor retirement decision

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Cor McGregor stated that sport does t excite him anymore, and since he is out of a potential opponent, ‘ torious’ justified his retirement call as right one. However, Khabib’s manr Ali Abdelaziz spit vem at Cor McGregor by mocking him on Twitter. Khabib’s manr tweeted that Cor McGregor h opportunity to face Tony Ferguson but accused Irish star of hiding from Ferguson. Abdelaziz also said that Justin Gaethje stepped in and vanquished Tony Ferguson, before vising Cor McGregor to sit down and watch two of best UFC fighters (Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje) go up against each or.

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While Cor McGregor is yet to respond to Abdelaziz's jibe, ' torious' did open up on why he took drastic decision. In an interview with ESPN, McGregor said that he does t find fighting exciting anymore. Over last few weeks, McGregor has also taken shots at UFC, pressing m to line up a fight for him. McGregor has been without an opponent since his 40-second KO of Donald Cerrone in January.  

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UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov's next fight

According to reports, Khabib Nurmagomedov is expected to return to action by end of July or September. undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov will put his lightweight title on line against interim champion Justin Gaethje in a PPV heliner, which is yet to be put to paper. 

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17:35 IST, June 8th 2020