Artem Lobov wants that Conor McGregor has taken more seriously his preparation for the fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was subjected by Nurmagomedov in the fourth assault of his fight for the lightweight title in UFC 229 in October 2018, What marked the best -selling PPV in the history of the promoter. McGregor's fight against Nurmagomedov occurred after he won his greatest salary in boxing against Floyd Mayweather.
Before the fight against Nurmagomedov, MMA's fight More recent in McGregor was possibly the best performance of his career, by dominating and arresting Eddie Álvarez to become the first two -time champion of the UFC. Lobov believes that McGregor's mentality could have raised problems to Nurmagomedov (29-0 MMA, 13-0 UFC).
«I would love to see him return, because I think that if he were one hundred percent, we could also bring Khabib back. I think Khabib would return to that fight if Conor were one hundred percent, in form and making real movements, really fighting. I would only need a fight, knock him out, and then everyone would talk to Khabib and convince him to return. I know that fight bothers Conor because he did not train at all.
I trained twice a week for Khabib. I tried to take him to Las Vegas and said: 'We have to do it, come on, brother'. And he said: 'No, go shit.' I just didn't want to do it. I was in the wrong mentality. I was in the party mentality. I trained twice a week, and period. So when I saw the fight, I thought: 'My God, if you had only trained four times a week, you would probably have won.' But imagine it with a complete camp, the Conor who fought with Álvarez. Imagine that conor fighting with Khabib. That is what I want to see.
Lobov and McGregor went from being better friends and main training partners to face in an ongoing legal battle for the McGregor Proper Twelve whiskey brand. Lobov announced that he will face Zubaira Tukhugov, Nurmagomedov training partner, at a PFL event on October 3 in Dubai.
