'Deeds not words'… Khabib Nurmagomedov shares brutal Conor McGregor fight footage as feud heats up again
01/04/2025 10:07 AM
Khabib Nurmagomedov has resurfaced his feud with Conor McGregor this week, riling up the Irish star with a tirade on the state of his country’s MMA.
Earlier this week whilst previewing the upcoming Bellator lightweight title fight between his cousin Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes, the Dagestani slammed the state of Irish MMA.
Khabib Nurmagomedov of course has a lot of history with not only the biggest Irish star in combat sports history but one of the biggest stars in general, Conor McGregor.
In 2018, ‘The Notorious’ Irishman and ‘The Eagle’ from Russia began what will go down as one of the biggest rivalries ever when they fought at UFC 229, with Nurmagomedov submitting McGregor in round four.
Khabib Nurmagomedov shares video of Conor McGregor in response
Following Khabib’s comments on the state of Irish MMA, former UFC star Darren Till jumped to the defense of Ireland, claiming that because Ireland is smaller than Russia, Ireland is actually ahead.
Despite that, fans were quick to jump on Till, letting him know that the area of Dagestan is in fact smaller than Ireland.
McGregor then caught wind of Khabib’s words and took to social media to share a video in response, which was a montage of the ‘McGregor UFC era’ compared to the ‘Dagestan UFC era’, mocking them for their wrestling-heavy fight style.
With the rivalry still seemingly at its boiling point, Khabib then decided to share a video of his own. The edit begins with McGregor uttering the famous words, ‘We’re not here to take part, we’re here to take over’.
It then transitions to Khabib utterly brutalizing him with ground-and-pound during their UFC 229 meeting before it then transitions to images of several dominant Dagestani fighters including Islam Makhachev, Magomed Ankalaev, and Umar Nurmagomedov.
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Nurmagomedov captioned the video posted on his Instagram story: “He spoke and we came and did deeds above words.”
Is there potential that McGregor and Nurmagomedov could clash again?
Even though ‘The Eagle’ retired from MMA whilst at the top of his game, he is still very much involved in the sport as he coaches several fighters.
When the Bellator lightweight title clash between Nurmagomedov and Hughes was announced, Hughes offered McGregor the opportunity to be part of his corner team for the fight, knowing that Khabib is part of Usman’s.
At the time, McGregor told Hughes that he would ‘be there if anything kicks off’, however, he may now jump at the opportunity if he is presented with it. The fight is scheduled to take place in Dubai on January 25.
