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Khabib Nurmagomedov Not Interested In Fight With Eddie Alvarez

July 29, 2016 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Khabib Nurmagomedov said that while he wants a lightweight title shot, a fight with champion Eddie Alvarez isn’t interesting to him. Here are highlights:

On who Alvarez should fight next: “For me, it’s nothing changed because I always have only one goal. This is that. [Edson] Barboza, Eddie, RDA, Tony [Ferguson], it doesn’t matter. To me, it’s no problem. I have to take my belt. I want to fight for the title.”

On a fight with Alvarez: “Now, Eddie is champion. For me, Eddie is [not] interesting. For me, interesting is title fight. I have to to take this belt. That’s why I want to fight now with Eddie, but to be honest with you, Eddie is not interesting for me. But now Eddie is champion. That’s why I want to fight with him.”

On why he deserves the shot more than others: “I think I am no. 1 ranked and I deserve this title shot. Barboza, Tony, other guys, I don’t know about these guys. I am no. 1 ranked, I am the undefeated, 23-0. It’s why 100 percent UFC have to give me title shot.”

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