"I don't want to talk about this guy," Nurmagomedov said of McGregor after long insisting the charismatic Irishman who made $100 million for boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in August doesn't want to fight him. "UFC wants him to stay champ because he looks nice, he is exciting … Conor is [in] a different situation. He is very big stuff, the UFC wants to put him everywhere: 'We have Conor McGregor, UFC Champ,' [and] he doesn't want somebody to smash his face. This is what I think. But he has to defend his title or Tony Ferguson has to become champion.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 29, 2017 00:11 UTC