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Jose Aldo claims Khabib Nurmagomedov turned down fight in 2016

Khabib Nurmagomedov thinks Jose Aldo is dreaming if he thinks he can ever reclaim UFC gold, but ‘Scarface’ couldn’t care less what he thinks.

Aldo, who now competes at bantamweight, is riding back-to-back wins against Marlon Vera and Pedro Munhoz, but Nurmagomedov thinks Aldo’s championship days are over, telling reporters at a press conference in Russia earlier this year that the Brazilian is a businessman first and a fighter second.

“He got beat up when he fought … Petr [Yan], right?” Khabib said. “A guy wins one fight and everyone starts talking. When Conor [McGregor] fought [Donald] ‘Cowboy’[Cerrone], he looked like a lion.