Khabib Nurmagomedov sid that submitting Conor McGregor was not enough for him after their UFC 229 showdown.
The Russian has explained why he jumped the cage and attacked McGregor 's corner following his win over the Dubliner in 2018, Mirror UK reports.
Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor by fourth-round submission in their highly anticipated grudge match, but it's what came afterwards that took much of the headlines.
A furious Nurmagomedov threw his mouthpiece towards McGregor's corner and then lept the cage to attack Dillon Danis.
Talking recently with former two weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo on Mike Tyson's 'Hotboxin' podcast, Nurmagomedov felt that submitting McGregor was not good enough for him.
"Okay when I catch his neck and I choke him, he tap, you know, and I think, 'Hey, you bring like thousand people from Ireland here, on different part of world and you tap in front of them and you talk about warrior or something like this," he said.
"How you can tap? Go sleep, go sleep.' And he tap and I was like, 'Okay, it's not enough. I need something.' And I see, some of his corners talk with me and I think, 'Oh, I have to bite his heart, you know."
A scuffle then unfolded in the octagon between McGregor and Nurmagomedov's cousin, Abubakar Nurmagomedov. Two of Khabib's teammates then attacked McGregor as the chaos continued.
Nurmagomedov was suspended for nine months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) and fined $500,000. McGregor was suspended for six months and handed a $50,000 fine. Danis and Nurmagomedov's two teammates also faced suspensions.
Of the punishment, Nurmagomedov apologised to the NSAC but vowed to never fight in Las Vegas again, stating: "You cannot talk about religion. You cannot talk about nation. Guys, you cannot talk about these things. This is very important to me.
"The state of Nevada is where drugs, prostitution and gambling are officially permitted. Let them work on themselves.”
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