UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor (Promo)
McGregor returns to the Octagon to face The undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. For the first time, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor meet face to face at the UFC 229. The book on Khabib Nurmagomedov seems to be if he takes you down, you’re in trouble. And the book on Conor McGregor is he’s among the world’s most dangerous fighters on the feet.
So it stands to reason Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) might want to take McGregor (21-3-0 MMA), (9-1-0 UFC) down a time or two when they fight in the UFC 229 main event next week. It just so happens Nurmagomedov owns the UFC record for most takedown in a fight with a whopping 21.
At UFC 160 in May 2013, Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon for the fourth time when he took on Abel Trujillo. Nurmagomedov closed as a -340 favorite in the fight, and he proved why when he took down Trujillo at a relentless pace of once every 43 seconds, on average. The only negative for him in the fight was that he missed weight.