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Khabib accuses McGregor of ‘ducking tough match-ups’, says ‘his time is finished’

Khabib Nurmagomedov has doubled down on his criticism of Conor McGregor, accusing his UFC lightweight rival of ‘ducking tough match-ups’ and looking for the easiest fights available.

Nurmagomedov, who submitted McGregor to retain his lightweight title at UFC 229, dismissed McGregor’s 40-second TKO of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 and said the Irishman’s time is finished.

“‘Cowboy’ always loses all his main-event fights, always,” Khabib said in a recent interview with TMZ, per Low Kick MMA’s Jordan Ellis. “I don’t remember when he win. In the last 10 fights, I think he’s lose 7 times — six or seven times.