MOSCOW, March 5. Former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight, Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov, told VK Video that he would not take the life of Irishman Conor McGregor in a head-to-head confrontation.
Nurmagomedov won an early victory over McGregor at the UFC 229 tournament, which took place in Las Vegas. Vegas October 6, 2018.
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"No, (chokehold) wouldn’t let go. Because this is the moment where your emotional state reaches its peak, the ceiling, one might say. And everything is fair. I think he and I knew what we were both getting into, it’s not just when you meet someone on the street and start strangling them. This is one of the best fighters in the world. Six months in advance, a fight was scheduled for us, and we go out and find out who is better. Of course, it's not to death. Would I kill him? I think no. I don’t think I would have killed him, but I would have caused him to lose consciousness, that’s for sure. <…> Until what point I would keep it is a good question. “I don’t know,” Nurmagomedov said.