Filed under: News , UFC Count UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor as one person who doesn’t think undefeated contender Khabib Nurmagomedov is quite ready for a shot at his newly won belt. Despite the longest MMA winning streak of anyone in the company (and having the support of MMAjunkie readers in a recent poll), Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), who beat Michael Johnson by third-round submission at this past Saturday UFC 205 prior to McGregor’s (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) title-winning knockout of Eddie Alvarez in the main event, “The Notorious” said he doesn’t anticipate the Dagestani standout being his next challenger at 155 pounds. Why? Because while Nurmagomedov’s dominant performance and eight-year undefeated run is unquestionably impressive, the fight with Johnson was just his second in the past 31 months.
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