UFC 257: Dana White says Khabib comeback ‘doesn’t sound positive’ after Conor McGregor loss
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Dana White seems to have lost all hope of convincing Khabib Nurmagomedov to return to the Octagon one more time.
The UFC president revealed he had spoken to the retired lightweight champ after Sunday’s UFC 257 main event, where Dustin Poirier (27-6, one no contest) shocked the MMA world with a second-round TKO of Conor McGregor (22-5) on Fight Island.
“I did talk to Khabib, and he said to me, ‘Dana, be honest with yourself, I’m so many levels above these guys, I beat these guys’,” White said at the post-event press conference inside Etihad Arena.
“I don’t know, but it doesn’t sound very positive. But we’ll see. And what he said was, I told you guys before, he won’t hold the division up. He’s basically retired, I’m the one trying to get him to do one more.
“I’m gonna talk to Khabib and see if he wants to defend that title, and if he doesn’t, I won’t push it any more.”
