LAS VEGAS – Khabib Nurmagomedov received a personal phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin following his victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229. Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC) defeated McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) by fourth-round submission to retain his lightweight title Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The now infamous post-fight brawl took away from a dominant performance, but it didn’t go unnoticed by Putin. Prior to the fight between Nurmagomedov and McGregor being officially booked, “The Notorious” went to Russia to attend a World Cup game in July and met with Putin. They took a photo together , McGregor called him “one of the greatest leaders of our time,” and unsurprisingly, McGregor attempted to use that to throw shade at Nurmagomedov in the lead-up to the fight.
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