Conor McGregor vs Khabib LIVE: Fight ends in chaos as police drag victorious Khabib off McGregor's cornermen
Re-live LIVE coverage of the biggest event in the history of the UFC
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Conor McGregor suffered the second defeat of his UFC career after being submitted by unbeaten UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in arguably the biggest event in the history of the UFC, but the fight descended into chaos immediately after it ended as both fighters were involved in post-match brawls.
A typically acrimonious build-up to the fight, with McGregor ending up in a New York courtroom after he attempted to attack his rival backstage at a UFC event in April, unsurprisingly led to bad blood between the pair, but no one was prepared for the scenes that followed the fight.
After dominating McGregor throughout the first three rounds, Khabib choked McGregor out to force him into submitting, but reacted by jumping over the Octagon fence to confront his teammates, while members from his own stable jumped into the Octagon to attack McGregor. Re-live all the action here.
Essential information:
When is UFC 229?
Khabib vs McGregor will take place on 6 October 2018, or 7 October for UK fans. The fight takes place in Las Vegas, which means it’s going to be a very late night (or very early morning) for all British fight fans.
Where is UFC 229?
Like most of the UFC’s big events, UFC 229 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
It’s the same venue that staged Mayweather vs McGregor, as Nurmagomedov’s unanimous decision victory over Edson Barboza back in December 2017.
What are their records?
- Nurmagomedov: 26 fights, 26 wins. (8 KOs, 8 submissions, 10 decisions.)
- McGregor: 24 fights, 21 wins, 3 losses. (18 KOs, 1 submission, 2 decisions.) (All defeats by way of submission.)
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport.
On a potential rematch
"We have to see what happens with the NSAC. We have to figure that out, I'm not thinking about that stuff right now."
On if he plans to play peacemaker between Team Khabib and McGregor
"These are groups of people who do not like each other. I don't think that's going to change, they won't be hugging it out and becoming friends."
That's it for Dana White in the press conference. Now let's wait and see if Khabib does make an appearance...
Khabib has arrived for his post-fight press conference! Live updates to follow.
Khabib's first words
"What's up guys. I want to say sorry to the athletic commission, sorry to Vegas. This is not my best side, I'm a human being and I don't know how people can talk about me jumping out the cage.
"What about him talking about my family, my religion, the bus? Why are people talking about me jumping over the cage? My father talks to me about respect."
On McGregor
"They call him a two-time champion, two-weight world champion but he taps. People, the media change MMA. This is a respect sport, not a trash talking sport. Guys, you cannot talk about religion. This stuff is important.
"I know my father is going to smash me when I go home, Nevada, sorry, Vegas, sorry. Thank you so much, I am very proud.
"Putin just called me and told me he's very proud of me, he said congratulations. I said everything was going to change on October 6th."
That's it, Khabib leaves the press conference and the event that was UFC 229 is officially over.
Well, that's it.
That was UFC 229. What an event for so many different reasons.
What more can be said about it?
It's home time for us all, we'll have so much more to come over the next few days and beyond, so make sure you keep an eye on all the Independent Sport content.
Thank you for joining us. Good night and good morning.
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