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Islam Makhachev reacts to Conor McGregor nightclub videos
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Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor was under fire recently for sharing videos of him partying in his bar late into the night ahead of his return to the UFC. The videos of himself dancing and drinking came just days after McGregor revealed he was sober during this fight camp.
Now, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has revealed what he thought of the videos that circulated MMA Twitter the morning after.
“I don’t know who is going to win, but now it’s more focus, more training Chandler that’s why he can beat him,” Makhachev told MMA Junkie. “Maybe (Conor) do some camp in the club.”
Makhachev and McGregor have never fought, but McGregor is very familiar with Makhachev's coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Both Makhachev and McGregor are fighting other people in June but the champ says he'd be open to fighting McGregor, should he get through Michael Chandler.
“People have to be stupid to say no,” Makhachev said on Shadow Lion’s “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo. “Of course I will fight with him.”
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