Nurmagomedov provoked the Brazilian fans and now challenges Canadian Grant in his opponent's country
the russian Khabib Nurmagomedov has been taking the lightweight division by storm. Undefeated in 20 professional MMA fights, four of them in the UFC, the fighter declared that he would like to face B.J. Penn. Now he has his eye on a shortcut to fight for the belt by challenging the Canadian T. J. Grant.
“I asked for a fight with B.J. Penn, but I got no response. Maybe they (UFC officials) have different plans for me. I wanted to fight someone I watched on TV when I was younger. He's a legend. If BJ is unavailable, I would love to fight Grant. If he thinks he's the next title challenger, let him prove it by beating me at UFC 165 in his home country.”
Nurmagomedov has already beaten some opponents fighting “away from home”. The Russian came to Brazil to face Thiago tavares No. UFC Sao Paulo. He arrived at the weigh-in wearing a provocative shirt (with the words “If Sambô were easy, it would be called Jiu-jitsu”) and knocked out the Brazilian in less than two minutes. In his last appearance, Nurmagomedov went to the United States and did not meet the American Abel Trujillo, at UFC 160. The Russian also has a victory over Gleison Tibau and another against the Iranian Kamal Shalorus.
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