Conor McGregor has offered Khabib Nurmagomedov a rematch after the Russian hit out at his rival.
McGregor was choked out by Nurmagomedov in their grudge fight in 2018 and was denied a second shot when his adversary retired two years later. McGregor has not fought for 16 months and has won only one of his last four fights in the cage, a 40-second triumph over Donald Cerrone almost three years ago.
Nurmagomedov, however, has made a successful transition to coaching and can boast a stable including the UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and his cousin Usman won the same belt in Bellator last weekend. And in reflecting on those two fighters, Nurmagomedov took aim at McGregor, saying: "I hear long time ago when one guy was talking about, 'We're here to take over.' But we here to take over."
