Daniel Cormier explains why Khabib Nurmagomedov will always beat Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor has no hope in gaining revenge over Khabib Nurmagomedov should he ever fight the Russian again, according to Daniel Cormier.
Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov is awaiting to hear his fate after sparking at brawl at UFC 229 and could face a ban for attacking a member of McGregors team in the cageside.
McGregor is determined to rematch Nurmagomedov after being forced to tap out in the fourth round of a gruelling contest with his rival.
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Nurmagomedov pummelled McGregor over those four rounds, using his elite wrestling and grappling skills to break the challengers resistance.
Cormier, a two-weight world champion and training partner of Nurmagomedov, believes McGregor showed positive signs early on in the championship fight, but cannot hope for an improved performance in any possible rematch.
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Honestly man, that first takedown, I was like wow, Conor really made him work for this takedown, Cormier told MMA Fighting.
Because this is what we say at AKA – we try to get you lost in the sauce. We want to get you lost in the sauce, right? Like, when were on a leg, we want to give you one [takedown attempt]; okay, youll defend. Two, youll defend; three, then you start going, okay, wait a minute, then you start to get lost.
You get lost in all the different transitions, from to move to move to move, and eventually we get you down. And once we get you down, obviously its very difficult to get back up.
He really did a good job and thats why if youre Team McGregor, theres cause for concern because I dont know if he could do that any better and he still got beat in the way that he got beat.
Thats why, I think if youre Team McGregor, youd be concerned about a fight with Nurmagomedov, because I dont think he could defend any better
I thought was as good as [he could], because he did a good job and I dont know if he could do it any better… because then Khabib is going to go to level five, and he going to go to level six, and hes going to just keep putting different things behind each other until eventually you kinda cant keep up.
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McGregor may now wait on the sidelines for Nurmagomedov to return to action, with the UFC targeting a second fight between the pair after July of next year.
The Irishman could fight in between with Nate Diaz suddenly available after his meeting with Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 was cancelled due to injury.
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