Khabib Nurmagomedov appears to have no plans to return to the octagon anytime soon.
Dana White claimed last weekend that the Russian would come out of retirement if he was impressed with Conor McGregor or Dustin Poirier’s performance at UFC 257.
But that does not appear to be the case.
Nurmagomedov told Sport24 in Russia: “There must be some motivation, some hunger. I’ve been in sports for so many years. I’ve been doing it all my life, I have achieved almost everything in this sport and there isn’t someone who I would like to fight now.
“I know that there are many fighters who would like to earn money, who strive for something. What should I do? A lot of people don’t want to understand my side.
“I train for myself. The biggest thing that gives me pleasure is training; I enjoy when I wrestle, run, spar, work on pads, when I work on the punch bags.
“This is what I have been doing all my life, and I will continue to train constantly, as well but if we talk about the fights, they are not a part of my plans.
“They constantly discuss, ‘He will come back, he will not come back’. You know, today we have 2021. A year ago it was 2020. The same time, January, and so much has happened. We don’t know what will happen in 2022, 2023, you know, so let’s not talk about it. No one knows what will happen tomorrow.
“I don’t even have any plans for the UFC in the near future. I don’t have any thoughts about preparing for a fight.”
McGregor returns to the octagon this weekend when he faces Dustin Poirier in Abu Dhabi.
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