[crowd chanting]
>> Narrator: War is in the air.
[inaudible chanting]
>> Narrator: Looming clouds of violent potential,
that ride on raging winds,
through the Caucasus mountains,
across the cliffs of Moher,
reaching the four corners of the globe.
We saw this coming.
>> Yeah, we will see!
>> Narrator: The inevitable conflict between
the undefeated Russian, Khabib Nurmagomedov
and the indomitable Irishman, Conor McGregor.
The world's two greatest warriors,
who both claim to be the one true champion.
Supremacy is in dispute and must be settled.
>> Now, I'm undefeated, undisputed
UFC lightweight champion.
>> Narrator: Hostility is building and can
no longer be contained.
>> You're a phony, a fake!
>> What are you talking about?
Your wresting is zero.
>> Your dead when I get my hands on you, you hear me?
You're [bleep] dead!
[woman singing] ♪ I'm going to find you ♪
[yelling]
>> Narrator: There is no calm before the storm,
no peace until blood is drawn.
The world is watching the coming of war.
>> Joe: Khabib Nurmagomedov mauls people.
Oh, my gosh!
Slept him!
>> Narrator: UFC 229: Khabib versus McGregor.
>> McGregor: If one of us goes to war,
we all go to war!
[traffic sounds]
>> Megan Olivi: It's official,
there will be a UFC 229 press conference before
fight week in October.
The presser takes place in New York City at the iconic
Radio City Music Hall.
[fans cheering]
>> Yes!
>> Olivi: Khabib, Conor, and of course UFC President, Dana White
will all be in attendance.
>> Man: Stand by, stand by, he's right here!
Stand by!
One minute.
[crowd yelling]
>> Notorious!
[crowd yelling]
>> Undefeated!
Undefeated 26-0.
>> Male Reporter: Question for Conor,
what was the process to get you back into the Octagon
and why was it this particular fight?
>> I came back for the love of this and I'm going
to truly, truly love putting a bad,
bad beating on this little glass jaw, rat!
>> I come here to smash this guy.
I think it's going to be a long night for him.
>> Trust me, mate.
I'm ready for a long night and you are going
to be smoked.
[crowd yelling "Khabib! Khabib!"]
>> You're dead.
You're dead.
I can see blue lips.
Blue lips.
>> Narrator: Motivation emerges from a darker place than usual,
for the undisputed lightweight
champion of the world -
the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Nobody to ever reach the pinnacle of MMA...
[grunting]
>> Narrator: ...has held an unblemished record as
extensive as Nurmagomedov's.
[grunting]
>> Khabib: I'm the most dominant fighter in the world.
26-0, how many fighters say right now in the world,
26-0?
>> Narrator: But the champion of MMA's deepest division,
captured its title, not by defeating
a reigning champion.
The belt was vacant and available,
after being laid dormant by Nurmagomedov's greatest rival.
A man whose global fame transcends his
accomplishments in the Octagon.
"The Notorious" Conor McGregor,
is the sport's irrefutable top attraction.
His rise was an epic journey from Irish welfare recipient,
to multiple time world champion.
>> We always joke now looking at the younger kids coming up,
they're soft.
They didn't come up like we came up.
We came up raw.
We came up with nothing, rough.
Everyone else in the game,
whether they like to admit it nor not.
What I've done has brought this game to another level.
I knew I would get there.
I knew I just needed one shot with the UFC.
Just give me one damn shot
and I'll [bleep] take the whole thing down.
>> Kenny Florian: Marcus is hurt!
>> Mike: Looking to finish it here!
>> Kenny: This is why everyone has been talking
about Conor McGregor!
>> Mike: It's all over!
>> Narrator: Before McGregor achieved lightweight supremacy,
he assembled one of the most dominant
featherweight runs the sport has ever seen.
>> Dana, 60g's baby!
What's up, man? >> Welcome to the UFC, man.
>> Thank you very much.
>> It's been a lot of hype, I guess the hype is real.
>> Yep. Yep.
>> We got a big fight coming in Boston.
So it would be [bleep] cool to bring you to Boston too.
>> Joe: It's not just his physical capabilities that
make this kid special, it's the things that he says.
>> Anik: He's mentally gifted,
he says this UFC opportunity shows him the power
of visualization and the power of an unshakable belief.
>> Narrator: Each passing day on the roster saw his
confidence soar to unprecedented heights.
>> Numero uno!
I move differently, I think differently,
my belief in my ability can't be shaken.
None of these guys have what I have.
>> Narrator: Adversaries made feeble attempts
at reserving emotion.
>> McGregor: As far as I'm concerned,
I'm number one.
They'll realize, they'll realize pretty soon.
>> Narrator: As McGregor converted mental warfare...
>> Joe: Big shots by McGregor!
>> Narrator: ... into brutal knockouts.
>> This is the beginning of the McGregor era.
I don't just pick the rounds, I describe what way
I'm going to do it.
And Dustin's head clatters off that canvas,
it's going to be a first round KO,
mark my words.
I've been breaking records since I've arrived.
I don't give a [bleep] one bit.
I will use my movement to freeze him and then I'll take
his head clean off.
Did you doubt me?
You probably did.
But did you doubt me now?
You know what's next, that world title is next.
I'll butcher you from the bottom,
I'll get back up and I'll butcher you on the feet.
>> Joe: They are back up.
Chad can't stand in front of him like this.
>> McGregor: I spoke of it.
>> Buffer: The new interim UFC featherweight champion!
>> Narrator: He captured the interim title,
during his pursuit of the great Jose Aldo,
a legendary pound for pound great...
>> Give me that! Especially that!
>> Narrator: ...who boasted a 10 year unbeaten streak.
>> McGregor: This guy is a dead man walking.
Yeah!
Tell him I'm coming!
Let's go a little bit closer.
>> Don't touch.
>> What you going to do?
I'm going to break you.
People are always saying that I talk,
and I talk and I talk.
But guess [bleep] what?
I back it up!
I back it up!
>> Narrator: The UFC's first and only 145 pound champion,
put his belt on the line in Las Vegas,
and McGregor would change the MMA world forever,
with one punch.
>> Joe: Oh, my gosh!
The first punch he threw, slept him!
>> Narrator: Nobody could deny the new featherweight king...
>> Buffer: And new!
>> Narrator: ... even if McGregor's approach
was not embraced by other top fighters.
>> Man: Good luck.
I'm going with a group of brothers.
Good luck.
>> Khabib: Watch this guy is fun for me, ya know?
He talk good, he knows how to play with someone like go
inside his mind.
>> Man: Thank you.
>> Khabib: I want to stay humble.
This is part of the tradition from Dagestan.
>> I want to gather of the group.
What shall we do?
>> Narrator: Nurmagomedov is a devout Muslim,
whose conviction is never interrupted,
by a similar dedication to his fighting career.
>> If you don't follow your religion or your tradition,
you have big problem with your family.
You have to control what you are going to say.
You have to control what you do.
>> We need a solution.
>> Khabib: Stay focused, stay relaxed.
But when I go to the cage, I have to crush my opponents.
[ Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ Nobody pray for me ♪
♪ Living that day for me ♪
♪ Yeah Yeah ♪
♪ Who dat thinkin that he frontin on man? ♪
♪ Get off my stage, I'm the Sandman ♪
>> Anik: Welcome to America.
>> Narrator: Where Muslim faith spares no room for violence...
>> Joe: Oh, man.
>> Narrator: ... the Octagon provides a fitting
outlet for the man who has always
practiced what he preached.
>> With Conor, he talks [bleep] about all his opponents.
So my dream is to smash him, make him humble.
[Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ It's levels to it, you and I know ♪
♪ Be humble ♪
>> Joe: That is absolutely nasty.
[Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ Be humble ♪
♪ Sit down ♪
>> Joe: Over and over again.
>> [Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ Be humble ♪
♪ Sit down ♪ >> Joe: Ragdolling him here.
♪ Be humble ♪
>> Narrator: Not only has Nurmagomedov always won...
>> Joe: And here's the big slam.
>> Narrator: ... his fights have taken
place on his terms...
>> Joe: One of the best grapplers in all of MMA.
Whose got the style to handle this guy?
>> Narrator: ...and he has long held high hopes
for a bout with McGregor.
>> I'm going to make him tired,
make him exhausted.
Give him slap, give him punch,
give him elbows and talk with him a little bit to give him
a master class about trash talking.
It's going to be interesting, very interesting.
[Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ Be humble ♪
♪ Sit down ♪
[Khabib speaking foreign language]
>> Narrator: The rugged hills of Dagestan,
gave rise to the UFC lightweight champion,
and for Khabib Nurmagomedov, it's clear why the the largest
nation on the planet, is developing elite talent.
>> In Russia we have a lot of sports like if we talk about
wrestling, like boxing, judo, grappling, some Muay Thai.
Everything is going to be the best school in the world.
Doing everything together we call this MMA.
We already have top names with Zabit Magomedshariopov.
We have UFC heavyweight contender,
Alexander Volkov.
Top 15 in lightweight Islam Makhachev.
We have Russian champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
>> Narrator: Nurmagomedov is leading the charge
for Russian MMA, and has become a superstar in the process.
>> [speaking in foreign language]
[crowd chanting "Khabib!"]
>> Narrator: The once quiet expanse of his homeland,
has become a distraction that he must escape.
Fight camps now take place in San Jose, California,
where a familiar mountainous backdrop,
offers interruption-free training,
and the new breed of Russian prospects,
are joining in the pursuit of greatness.
>> Khabib: A lot of young generation they follow me.
They want to become UFC star.
Now everybody has a chance.
I train like these guys in Dagestan in mountain
and I become UFC champion.
Why can't they, maybe 2019 or 2020,
it's going to be a couple of years of champions.
I believe this.
>> The Russian people, they were chased from their land
to the edge of cliffs.
My family, my bloodline, the McGregor clan,
we stood and we fought the English empire.
>> Okay, why you have to change your language?
>> Shut your mouth.
>> You get your home language.
What's wrong with you?
>> Your lame, probably more English you rat!
>> John Gooden: Just listen to the soundtrack of this
Dublin crowd.
>> Narrator: The Irish bloodline rings true to this day...
>> Dan Hardy: Brandao looks hurt
This could be the end.
Wow!
>> John: The crowd goes absolutely wild!
>> McGregor: There is not a man alive they can put
on this Earth and beat me.
>> Narrator: ... and Conor McGregor
shared incredible success,
with his nation's people.
>> McGregor: They want me to come over here and show
the American public the new era of the fighting Irish
and I brought my whole country with me.
If one of us goes to war, we all go to war!
>> Narrator: From the interim title...
>> Joe: Oh, big shots by McGregor!
Oh, he's hurt!
>> Narrator: ... to the undisputed featherweight
championship...
>> Joe: Oh, my gosh!
>> McGregor: Ireland, baby, we did it!
Yeah!
>> Narrator: ... and even during campaigns at 170 pounds...
>> Joe: Oh, he tagged him.
>> Narrator: ... the Irish tricolour cascaded arenas.
>> Buffer: "The Notorious" Conor McGregor!
>> Narrator: But none were more faithful,
than his long time head coach John Kavanagh,
and main training partner Artem Lobov.
They prepared McGregor for all of his fights...
>> Kavanagh: Alright, let's go.
>> Narrator: ... even when the featherweight champion,
set new goals for a campaign at 155 pounds.
>> Kavanagh: I think it's just right.
145 is a little too light.
I think 170 is a bit heavy.
55 is just right.
His fight before going into the UFC was at 55
and I really liked him at that weight.
>> Commentator: McGregor knows he's going to the top.
He doesn't think or hope, he knows.
>> Narrator: McGregor's time representing his country
on the European circuit...
>> Commentator: Oh, huge head kick!
>> Ring announcer: The new!
>> Narrator: ...saw him capture featherweight
and lightweight championship belts...
>> Commentator: Oh, huge shot!
>> Narrator: ...so he planned to replicate that success
in the UFC.
His lightweight debut with the promotion,
was the championship bout in New York City.
>> Joe: The UFC lightweight champion,
Eddie Alvarez about to face the UFC featherweight champion,
Conor McGregor in the most high profile card
in the history of the sport and the most iconic arena
in the history of combat sports.
>> Narrator: McGregor's entry to the division made
him a target for all 155 pounders,
and the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov in attendance,
put the title challenger on notice.
>> Man: Security, go! Security!
>> Do something. Do want to say something?
I will smash your face.
>> Go, go, go!
>> We'll see. We'll see.
>> Yeah, we will see!
>> Joe: There are so many factors in Conor McGregor's
rise to fame.
But all that would be nonsense if he couldn't knock
people dead with one shot.
The question is, will it have the same effect that it did
on the featherweights?
>> McGregor: I've spent a lot of time, John.
>> Joe: Tagged, he got tagged!
He's hurt!
>> Conor: Slaying everybody in the company.
Backstage I'm standing fighting everybody.
>> Joe: Alvarez is swinging hard, he got tagged.
He got hurt.
The accuracy of that left hand.
>> McGregor: Everyone on the roster.
>> Joe: Oh, wow. Look at this.
>> McGregor: I just want to say from the bottom of my heart,
I would like to take this chance to apologize...
>> Joe: Oh, man.
Oh, he's done. He's done.
That's it.
>> McGregor: ... to absolutely nobody!
The double champ does what the [bleep] he wants!
>> Joe: History making performance by Conor McGregor.
He didn't just do it.
He did it flawlessly.
>> See that belt you have on your lap there,
the one you are proudly representing.
When I won that belt, I sparked the guy inside two rounds,
dominated him, dropped him three times in the first round.
Madison Square Garden.
>> What are you talking about?
You tapped, three or four times.
You tapped four times.
>> So what, I'll tap your head off the canvas kid.
>> You tap like chicken. You tap like chicken four times.
>> I'll tap your head off the canvas.
>> Narrator: McGregor's devastating knockout ability
which earned him the belt,
is an obstacle few have conquered.
Many believe it will take a stout grappler to bring down
the talented Irishman,
and AKA - the training center for Nurmagomedov
is a grappling factory.
It's notable fighters include UFC heavyweight
and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier,
as well as former title holders Luke Rockhold,
and Cain Velasquez.
>> Shoot.
>> Narrator: Round it out with Sambo champions from
Dagestan, and it becomes clear why Nurmagomedov
never stops improving.
>> McGregor hasn't fought a guy like this, like Khabib.
The type of pressure that he possesses,
non-stop movement.
It's very difficult to deal with.
Once he gets what he wants, it's very hard to take that away.
>> Joe: Khabib Nurmagomedov mauls people.
And when he gets ahold of people,
it's almost seems like they are shocked at how strong he is.
>> With striking, Conor does a very good job.
>> Joe: I think it's imperative that Michael Johnson
keeps this fight on the feet.
Maintain his distance.
>> He has long reach, good boxing game.
>> Joe: It's almost like he's a couple of weight classes bigger.
But it's not a size thing,
it's a technique and a grappling strength thing.
>> Khabib: But he never fight with someone who has
so much pressure, so much dominate his opponent.
>> Joe: He does this to everybody who he gets
his hands on.
>> Khabib: I have to go forward all the time.
This is my style.
>> Joe: There is the shot.
>> I want to give him this feeling.
>> Joe: Massive pressure.
This should be it, Michael should tap or he's going
to break his arm.
>> Khabib: This is true, this is not trash-talking.
Irish, only 6 million.
Russia, 150 million.
I want to fight your chicken,
because this is number one easy fight in lightweight divison.
>> Joe: He got tagged!
He got tagged! He's hurt.
>> Narrator: By late 2016...
>> Joe: He's done, that's it.
>> Narrator: Conor McGregor achieved what no fighter
before ever had.
>> Joe: History making performance by Conor McGregor.
>> Narrator: ...With his lifelong dream now conquered
>> Woo, that looks good!
Ooh!
>> Narrator: ... he simultaneously reigned over
two divisions in the UFC,
and the world anxiously awaited,
for the double champ to announce what was next.
>> Olivi: You have made history,
you are the featherweight champ,
you are the lightweight champ.
Where do we go from here?
>> Look, I'm about to be a daddy, so I need to take
myself away from this for a half a second and just regroup.
For a 28 year old on top of the game and all the belts,
all the money, all the numbers,
I'm not in no hurry no more.
I'm just going to chill for a bit,
enjoy these two belts, have a couple of drinks with me fans
and that's it.
I'll see you when I see you.
Thanks so much.
>> Narrator: It was immediately clear that
McGregor would proceed on his own terms,
and the king of combat sports was ready to cash in.
[Kendrick Lamar singing] ♪ One in the hand, one in the bag ♪
Dana White: The reigning, defending,
155 pound champion of the UFC,
"The Notorious" Conor McGregor!
>> Colin Cowherd: Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather
is going to happen.
>> Dana: Conor wanted this fight and Floyd wanted this
fight and I didn't believe this fight could be made,
but here we are.
>> Commentator: One of the greatest tacticians of any
era at 49-0.
>> McGregor: I don't give a [bleep] about his record.
A fight's a fight.
I stay ready to fight.
i'm ready to fight now.
They should of all kept their mouth shut.
He should of left me from that that I'm from,
that more ruthless game where we bounce heads
off the canvas and drill them into the floor.
>> Dana: It's the fight that everybody wanted,
we're delivering it.
>> Let's go, weak ass!
>> Cowherd: You got UFC, you got boxing,
you got Floyd, you got Conor.
It's going to make a lot of money for people.
>> It's an honor for me to come over here on the boxing side
and showcase my skill.
We'll see what's next.
I can't tell you exactly what's next,
but know something will be next.
>> Khabib, Floyd Mayweather issued a warning to you
saying that Conor doesn't fear anyone.
What do you say to Floyd Mayweather.
>> I am the Floyd Mayweather of MMA.
Shut your mouth, mate.
>> You come for money, I come for legacy.
After this fight you are going back to boxing.
>> Narrator: McGregor's hiatus from MMA,
would continue well beyond his boxing endeavor,
but he would maintain his position as reigning
UFC lightweight champion.
>> Khabib: How do you never lose your belt if you never
defend your belt?
Someone has to fight for lightweight belt.
UFC has to move.
Lightweight division has to move.
>> Coach: A lot of changing levels,
a lot of changing levels.
Continue doing that.
The fight with Khabib and Conor,
I didn't really think much about it till Conor became
a lightweight and then he became the champion.
Don't sit still when you punch,
always on the movement.
Then he became non-existent.
Yes.
>> Khabib: A lot of guys when they become UFC champions,
they little bit changed because with the gold comes
money, comes attention.
There is a lot of crazy stuff.
>> Male reporter: But if you're Conor McGregor,
do you go back into the Octagon and fight again?
Or do you try to parlay this?
>> Man: I never thought he was coming back.
[inaudible yelling]
>> Chael Sonnen: Conor has plenty of other opportunities.
He's got his hand in some whiskey thing,
he's got sponsorships.
He's just got a lot of things going on.
>> Male reporter: What's the latest with Conor?
When is he saying he's coming back?
>> With that kind of money, Conor might never come back.
>> He's a boxing guy.
>> Male reporter: He's a boxing guy now?
>> He's good to stay in boxing.
>> Male reporter: He says he's going to come back.
>> But when?
[Woman singing] ♪ This is where I want to be ♪
>> Khabib: When you come back,
I don't know.
♪ This is all I need ♪
>> Khabib: But you have to keep winning.
When you keep winning, you can build everything.
♪ This is what I've been fighting for ♪
>> Joe: This to me is the waiting in the wings to see
what happens with Conor McGregor.
>> Khabib you ready?
Let's get it on!
>> Dominick Cruz: The pressure is relentless.
>> Anik: The output and the pace is just absurd.
>> Joe: Oh, big shots by Khabib.
>> Narrator: Nurmagomedov stayed the course.
>> Joe: Khabib right back on him.
>> Narrator: ... undeterred by doubt
and steadfast in his lifelong pursuit.
>> Joe: Ground and pound.
Nasty punches from the top by Khabib.
>> Khabib: Beginning in my professional career where
I have six, seven, 10 fights and I think,
"Okay, I can wrestle, I can grapple,
I can strike.
I can't follow my dream.
I'm going to follow my dream."
>> Joe: Oh, he's getting mauled.
Barboza's face says it all.
He's just overwhelmed.
>> Khabib: What I have more than anybody,
I believe in myself and I believe in God and God going
to give me if I'm gonna work hard.
>> Buffer: Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov
[crowd cheering]
>> Narrator: 2017 marked the first year of his UFC career,
that Conor McGregor did not appear inside the Octagon,
and by the following spring, with his return date
still unknown,
the division's interim champion Tony Ferguson,
would meet Khabib Nurmagomedov,
to determine the new owner of McGregor's
undisputed championship belt.
>> Woo!
Here we go!
>> Narrator: The fight was set for April 7th
in Brooklyn, New York...
>> It's mine, baby.
>> Narrator: ... but before the UFC could
even touch down in the Empire State,
the company's most chaotic fight week
in history, encountered the first of many hurdles.
>> Dana: Unfortunately this is not an April fools joke,
Tony Ferguson has pulled out of the fight,
he's injured, he hurt his knee.
But the beautiful thing about this sport,
the stud, 145 pound champion, Max Holloway is going to step up
and face Khabib this Saturday in Brooklyn, New York.
And it's for the official 155 pound title.
>> Narrator: McGregor's presence loomed large
over an event defined by the stripping of his belt.
>> Yeah, were any other names bounced around,
Eddie Alvarez, any other guys?
>> I say first option, bring Conor.
Okay, Tony pull out, who's champion here?
They call him champion.
Bring this guy.
>> The best of your knowledge, they never called Conor?
>> No, they call.
They call him? >> Not ready.
>> He have best connect.
>> Matt: He might've been driving through a tunnel
when Dana was asking him.
>> Khabib: If you're champion, defend your belt.
All these guys, when I'm ready, never talk.
When I have injury, something like this before,
they talk too much.
Now I'm here. Where are you guys?
Only Max Holloway show up.
He call himself his champion, his king, Burger King.
In jungle only one king.
I'm gonna take this belt.
I'm gonna show my numbers.
Hey, 26-0, undisputed and undefeated champion.
>> Narrator: Also scheduled to compete on card,
was McGregor's fiercely loyal teammate, Artem Lobov,
who spent the previous year reminding Nurmagomedov
who the real king was at 155 pounds.
>> Artem:
>> Narrator: With Lobov's presence in New York,
the next wrinkle in the saga of UFC 223
was bound to unfold.
>> Khabib! Khabib!
[Dramatic music]
>> What's up, boys?
>> How are you? >> Good. How you doing?
>> Good.
>> What're you guys doing to Artem?
[Chanting Khabib]
>> Dana, you know the winner would seem to line up
for a fight with Conor McGregor later this year.
Have you had any initial discussions with him?
Is he interested in fighting the winner of this fight?
>> Conor's coming back this year 100%.
He will fight this year.
And we'll see how this thing plays out
and we'll go from there.
>> You said Conor McGregor isn't going to be here
on Saturday-- >> Dana: As far as I know, no.
>> Have you told him not to be here or you just heard that--
>> No, this is obviously a fight that is very important
to him and his future.
It'd be awesome if Conor was here.
♪♪
[Engine purring]
[Chatter]
♪♪
[Yelling]
>> Go! Go!
>> Obviously, this is not cool.
>> Open the door.
♪♪
[Glass crashing]
♪♪
>> Who are these guys?
What the [bleep] is wrong with him?
[Yelling]
>> Yo, we gotta get a medic. Get a medic!
[Beeping]
[Yelling]
>> Get out of there!
>> Hey, Ray-- Ray!
>> Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
[Yelling]
♪♪
>> Relax! Relax!
>> Bust the windows!
>> Ray, get out of there.
Ray!
♪♪
[Yelling]
♪♪
>> Hey, Conor McGregor threw a chair
through a window of our bus.
>> I'm sorry, guys, okay.
Is everybody else okay? >> Is anybody else hurt?
Rose, you okay? >> Yeah, I'm good.
>> He knows not right now.
Of course we're gonna fight.
♪♪
>> Do me a favor. Do me a favor and smash him.
>> This guy is going rogue.
>> He's going way too far.
He's injuring other fighters.
>> Three of the fights canceled
due to the McGregor bus incident.
>> Dana: This has never happened.
Obviously everybody's shaken up.
I've gotta regroup and get through this fight on Saturday.
There is a warrant out for Conor McGregor's arrest.
>> We heard Artem might've been in that group of people.
Do you know if-- >> Artem was.
Artem is off the card. Artem's not fighting.
>> Artem, I give you slip.
What happened now?
For you, this one.
This one for Conor. Like this.
>> And on top of that, even more drama for UFC 223.
Max Holloway was declared medically ineligible.
>> Narrator: In the Ultimate Fighting Championship,
the show must always go on.
>> Jon: The New Yorker Al Iaquinta stepping up here
on short notice with an opportunity
to change his life forever.
>> Narrator: A replacement was found for Nurmagomedov,
and he dominated all the same.
>> Let's go. Fight.
>> Jon: Too easy.
>> Joe: Beasted him down.
Right away.
Al's back up to his feet though.
Question is for how long.
That long.
He's getting mauled...
Like everybody else before him.
It's a terrifying thing too.
How much would you love to be a fly on the wall
watching Conor McGregor watch this right now?
>> Jon: Flying knee lands.
It has been a Nurmagomedov domination, as usual.
>> Bruce: And... new!
>> Narrator: Conor McGregor's UFC lightweight championship belt
was now around the waist his nemesis.
>> Khabib: Iaquinta is real gangster.
He come here.
Where's Conor?
He wanna fight with bus.
I wanna fight with real gangster.
♪♪
>> Narrator: UFC 223 fight week was a whirlwind of unscripted drama,
from bout cancellations...
>> Dana: Tony Ferguson has pulled out of the fight.
He hurt his knee.
>> Dana: ...to heated rivalries between Khabib Nurmagomedov...
>> Khabib: Bring Conor, okay. Tony pull out.
Who's champion here?
They call him champion.
Bring this guy.
>> Narrator: ...And Conor McGregor's entourage...
>> Narrator: ...Which boiled over in a shocking act of retribution.
[Yelling]
>> Bust the windows!
>> He obviously had something in mind
before he gets to New York.
>> Dana: He didn't come to New York to do anything with me.
He jumped on a plane with all those guys for Khabib.
[Yelling]
>> Conor: Did you not see me right in front of you
outside the [bleep] bus?
I showed you my hands.
No weapons.
You talked a big game, now I'm here.
He done [bleep] nothing.
I caused what happen to happen.
Here's my location, you little fool.
Right in front of you.
Do something about it.
Do something about it!
Yeah, you'll do nothing!
♪♪
>> Javier: Defending your friend that was fantastic.
Great, you're loyal.
But there's such a thing as a little too far,
and in this situation, Conor just went a little too far.
♪♪
>> Khabib: Conor talk about like they all go to war.
Okay.
If you see it, like, hey, your friend talk [bleep]
and other guy come and say, "Hey, why you talk [bleep]?"
He say, "No, no, I don't talk [bleep]."
You have to ask your friend, "Hey, why you scared?
Why you don't fight this guy?
You have to defend yourself."
>> No rush, okay.
You know he's very difficult, so you gotta set it up.
>> This is show his weakness.
>> Narrator: McGregor's retaliation in defense of his teammate
was one of numerous indiscretions
following his massive payday
from the boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.
>> It feels like it's been one thing after the other.
He attacked people inside the cage at an MMA event recently.
He pissed off a judge with a speeding ticket.
He got in a bar fight
and he's on a bad risk with the Irish mafia.
>> Narrator: It appeared that money and fame...
>> Do you want to plead guilty to these charges, Mr. McGregor?
>> Narrator: ...Were getting the best of Conor McGregor.
>> Conor!
>> Narrator: But while his future laid in the hands
of New York State courts
The Notorious One continued training.
>> John: It depends what the fighter's motivations are.
If the motivation is fame, money, and belts,
when those are achieved,
you're probably gonna see them drift away.
You know, Conor has money now, and people are all,
"Well, he's gonna distracted by that."
It probably would if money, fame, or a belt was the goal.
It's actually not.
Try this shot and rapid right.
The goal is to become the best fighter he could possibly be.
And that's what we've all been doing for a decade.
>> Conor: I really, really, really enjoy what I do.
I enjoy training to learn.
And I enjoy fighting to win.
And that's it.
I come in here and it's home for me.
And everyone in this gym, I've been with a long time.
>> Artem: For us, nothing has changed, you know.
We're still the same fighters.
We're still doing it because we love it.
And we all know that Conor is a winner.
So, no matter what was gonna happen,
we're ready for anything.
>> Narrator: Months passed
and McGregor would temporarily settle his legal troubles...
>> I just wanna say I'm thankful to the DA and the judge
for allowing me to move forward.
I wanna say to my friends, my family, my fans
thank you for the support. Thank you.
>> Narrator: ...Which only added to the speculation
surrounding his return to MMA.
Nurmagomedov was ready to move on.
[Woman singing] ♪ I'm feeling it ♪
>> I don't think about him, what he do, what he have to do.
I focus my game, you know.
>> There you go, keep going. Keep putting pressure.
>> Khabib: I fight for the title.
I take my belt.
Now I'm gonna defend my belt.
Who is more important?
Doesn't matter. Give me someone.
>> Narrator: But just as all hope seemed to be lost...
>> You think you'll fight in 2018?
>> Oh, I believe so.
>> Narrator: ...rumblings of a mega-fight began to resurface.
>> The double jab does wanna fight again.
Dana White has made the point numerous times in the past
that Conor was always the guy who would fight
anyone, anywhere, anytime.
[Yelling]
>> I am optimistic that we are gonna see
Conor McGregor this year.
>> Okay, let's get to work. Baby, oh yeah.
>> The UFC has a great fight for him.
Khabib Nurmagomedov.
[Woman singing] ♪ And it's killing me ♪
>> They're looking for a date. The UFC are looking for a date.
It will be the biggest combat sports fight in history.
I really believe that.
>> The fight is done.
October, Las Vegas.
It's on, ladies and gentlemen.
>> You think that'll be the biggest pay per view ever?
It's gonna be so big.
>> It seems like the whole world is abuzz about this news.
>> We got that date marked on our calendar, don't we.
Conor and Khabib.
>> Joe: This is one of those fights where it could go either way.
>> Conor: We are ready for war.
We are ready for all outcomes, all situations, all scenarios.
>> Khabib: It's gonna be done everything.
I give everybody answer.
I give him same answer I give for everybody answer.
Let's do this.
>> Narrator: The return of former featherweight
and lightweight champion Conor McGregor is imminent.
With contracts signed
and the location set for Las Vegas
no speculation surrounding UFC 229 remains.
♪♪
As the unbeaten lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov
prepares to take on his most hated rival,
the magnitude of history's biggest pay per view
emanates the training room with each passing day.
♪♪
>> Khabib: I feel pressure. I feel pressure a little bit.
I think everybody feel pressure.
Of course everybody have something
like weakness in your mind. Everybody have this.
But in my mental, I am unbroken.
I'm gonna kill this guy and make him tired,
give him couple slap, talk with him.
"Don't quit.
Let's go, keep moving."
♪♪
Talk with his corner.
Sometime talk with Dana.
If Mike Tyson come there, talk with Mike Tyson.
When I go to the cage, I always enjoy.
I really don't like this guy,
and if you think about the first thing, my ground game,
my conditioning, my pressure, everything,
he don't have chance.
I have to finish this.
♪♪
>> Narrator: Rarely do fighters return from multiple year layoffs
to a UFC championship fight,
but Conor McGregor exists in rarified air...
>> Alright, let's go.
>> Narrator: And he's quick to remind the masses...
>> Nice.
>> Narrator: ...Of exactly what got him there.
>> Conor: Fight four or five times a year.
>> Yes.
>> Conor: All challengers, all opponents, take risks,
climb them ranks, make that noise.
>> Work your way in. Yeah.
>> These people are not on my level.
I'm still saying it today.
Only everyone else is saying it now too.
[Whistle blowing]
>> Well done, guys.
Good job.
>> Joe: Khabib Nurmagomedov is the one.
He has been unrivaled inside the octagon.
I mean, he's just an unprecedented phenom of talent.
We're talking mauling and massacres.
>> Quick, quick. Good.
>> Narrator: For UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov...
>> Joe: And after a performance like this,
how do you deny this man?
>> Narrator: ... And the Notorious Conor McGregor,
the stars have aligned
for a headlining attraction so splendid,
the MMA world will stand still...
>> Joe: Make no mistake about it, Conor McGregor is for real.
>> Narrator: ...As two rivals representing their teams
and their nations...
[Chanting "Khabib"]
>> Narrator: ...Go toe to toe in the prime of their careers.
>> Joe: Conor McGregor hasn't defended his title in 500+ days
and Khabib Nurmagomedov, his time is now.
>> Jon: He's obsessed with his craft.
The combination of physicality and technique,
it's like nothing we've ever seen.
>> Official prediction on the fight?
>> Conor: Domination.
His head bouncing off the canvas.
All of his phony talk is gonna be
[bleep] on blast.
>> Khabib: Be quiet, come make weight, and fight.
We have to finish this.
We have to finish this.
>> Get off that bus!
>> Narrator: Mortal enemies collide at UFC 229.
[Glass shattering]
>> Narrator: And only one will leave...
>> We'll see! >> Yeah, we will see!
>> Narrator: ...Champion of the world.
>> Joe: Can you even imagine what a Conor McGregor-Khabib
title fight is gonna be like now?
♪♪
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