Published 18:06 IST, December 4th 2019

Salt Bae challenges Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight, eyes UFC debut

Salt Bae is a huge internet sensation known for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills. The 36-year old star now looks to turn his attention to MMA

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With brutal and captivating rise of MMA, it appears that best way to get ticed amongst a pool of fighters is to make a big callout through media. After all,  concept of "selling a fight" is becoming more necessary than a challenger’s credentials. Speaking of which, it seems that anyone can come out and claim to compete in c. This has only resulted in some of most outrous callouts in history of combat sports. most recent callout comes from a Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe. He is an internet phemen who is popularly kwn as Salt Bae. 36-year old rose to popularity after a video on his restaurant's Twitter account went viral and he currently owns a chain of grill houses all over world.

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Salt Bae calls out Cor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov

Salt Bae, who is globally recognized for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, w feels rey for next chapter of his life. He wants to take over world of mixed martial arts! In a recent interview with RT News, Salt Bae invited Cor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov to a fight.

Salt Bae - does he stand a chance in UFC?

While callout may be intriguing to all Salt Bae fans out re, it is unlikely for fight to happen. This is because of  long list of contenders looking to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cor McGregor. Secondly, Salt Bae has background in sport and it may le to controversies if fight happened for real. 

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Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cor McGregor - upcoming fights in UFC

Cor McGregor is currently preparing for a comeback against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on January 18, 2020. bout will mark McGregor's first fight in octagon since he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov over a year ago. As for Khabib, his next fight against lightweight contender Tony Ferguson has been recently me official. two will finally square off on April 18, next year.

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12:07 IST, December 4th 2019