Conor McGregor breaks Khabib fight silence as coach makes ominous UFC 229 prediction
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Conor McGregor to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229
Conor McGregor breaks Khabib Nurmagomedov fight silence
Conor McGregor has seemingly broken his silence on his imminent return to the Octagon.
In a little under eight weeks time, McGregor will locks horns with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229.
And ‘The Notorious’ appears to have sent a message to his successor at the summit of the lightweight division.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, McGregor posted a picture of himself snarling during a training session at SBG Ireland to his Twitter and Instagram pages.
The snap’s accompanying caption read: “You’ll only see me coming if I want you to.”
Conor McGregor’s coach makes UFC 229 fight prediction
McGregor’s striking coach Owen Roddy is adamant his most famous student will KO Nurmagomedov at UFC 229.
“Conor lands on the chin and puts him to sleep. I always give his opponent the benefit of the doubt because some people are tough and can take more shots than others, but it's only a matter of time,” Roddy said during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.
“If Conor lands in the first, really, it could be done in the first. Once he lands on the chin, you'll all see it in Khabib's face.
“Once he lands, it will be lights out either immediately or shortly after."
Once he lands on the chin, you'll all see it in Khabib's face
Conor McGregor - Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dad makes chilling statement
Nurmagomedov’s father Abdulmanap has claimed McGregor will be powerless to stop his son from taking him down, even if he extensively works on his wrestling until fight night.
“Let’s put together the best wrestling coaches from Dagestan, Japan, USA, Turkey - even they will not be able to prepare McGregor for this fight in three months,” he told Alexander Lyutikov. “No one can help him.
“You can’t do that in such a short time. He needs to start studying it from the beginning.
“To improve his wrestling in several months, it’s impossible.”
He added: “Conor is dangerous for eight to nine minutes, no more. After the first clinch, Khabib will take him down.
“We will finish this fight when we want. We respect our fans. If they want to watch all five rounds, we will fight all five rounds.
“But after two rounds, he has nothing to do on his feet. After two rounds, he will not be able to do anything.
“We don’t want to lose even one round. Khabib has never lost a single round.
“Only a referee can protect Conor, that’s why he will be in the cage.”