BREAKING; @TeamKhabib today announced that negotiations are under way to fight with @TheNotoriousMMA
— MMA TEAM DAGESTAN (@MMATeamDagestan) April 19, 2018
If negotiations drag on, then give me @DustinPoirier - said Khabib.
Khabib himself has confirmed they are in talks but don't want negotiations to go on too long. At around the 27 minute mark of the below Q & A video, Khabib is asked who will he be fighting next.
Khabib, "There is no opponent at the moment, but there are negotiations about a possible fight at the end of the year. For me it makes no difference to be honest. I will fight whoever they give me. As long as I am healthy and have a desire to fight I will be defending my title.
There are negotiations about a fight with McGregor, but I don't want the negotiations to draw out and take to long.If I won't be able to come to an agreement with Conor to fight by the end of this year I would like to fight Poirier or another fighter."
A source close to Conor’s camp revealed he ( Conor ) “has never wanted a fight as much in his life ”
“Conor is trying to do everything he possibly can to get back into the cage and wants Khabib no matter what it takes.
He has never wanted a fight so much. He doesn’t care about the money for once, he just wants to get this guy one on one as he feels this whole situation was caused by him and he wants to make him pay.
He would take this fight for peanuts, he wants to make it happen.”
Will the fight go the distance, KO / TKO ... Submission.
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