One of the main highlights from the UFC 249 pre-fight press conference between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson earlier this month was the back-and-forth exchange on street fighting culture in America and Dagestan.
Khabib, the reigning, undefeated UFC lightweight champion, said he would destroy Ferguson in a street fight, claiming that street fighting was embedded into his very culture as a youth in Dagestan.
"HEY! HEY! SUNGLASSES!"
"IN STREET FIGHT I CAN EAT YOU."
Oh wow, 10-8 Khabib #UFC249 pic.twitter.com/jatPb4voKd— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 6, 2020According to an old Tweet that recently resurfaced on social media, however, Khabib was never a street fighter and has never had any interest in street fighting.