Khabib Nurmagomedov is racing to the bottom with Conor McGregor in their ongoing Twitter feud.
After McGregor insulted Nurmagomedov’s wife, the UFC lightweight champion on Wednesday posted a lewd photo of McGregor with a woman other than his girlfriend, Dee Devlin.
Nurmagomedov also called McGregor a “rapist” and “a hypocrite who is not responsible for your actions.”
“Justice will find you,” he wrote (via Twitter).
The woman in Nurmagomedov’s post, Terri Murray, recently told U.K. tabloid the Daily Star that McGregor is the father of her child. She claims the two had sex while Devlin was pregnant with McGregor’s second child.
McGregor also was recently named as the target of a sexual assault investigation after an alleged incident last December in his native Dublin.
It was another ugly turn after McGregor lowered the bar on Tuesday night, posting a picture of Nurmagomedov and his wife on their wedding day with the caption of “Your wife is a towel mate.” He later deleted the message.
Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC) and his wife have a son and daughter together. His wife rarely has been seen in public. McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) has a son and daughter with Devlin.
In the buildup to their blockbuster fight at UFC 229, McGregor targeted Nurmagomedov’s Muslim faith and his native Dagestan in trash talk. Those attacks were cited as a catalyst for an all-out melee following Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission win, though the two had clashed beforehand. After Nurmagomedov slapped McGregor teammate Artem Lobov during UFC 223 fight week last April, McGregor and a gang of his teammates attacked a bus carrying Nurmagomedov. They injured several UFC fighters and security staff.
The latest skirmish appears to have been touched off by Nurmagomedov’s skepticism over McGregor’s recently announced retirement, saying he “acts like a jealous wife who says ‘I will leave’ all the time but then comes back.”
Nurmagomedov currently is under suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his role in the UFC 229 melee. But the promotion wants him to return in September to face the winner of a UFC 236 interim fight between Dustin Poirier and UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway. Recent reports have linked the lightweight champ to a possible event in Abu Dhabi in September.
McGregor’s suspension for the brawl ends Saturday. He recently fulfilled the terms of a plea agreement stemming from his UFC bus attack. He’s due in court on April 10 to be arraigned on multiple felony charges for allegedly stealing and smashing a fan’s cell phone.
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