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The Irishman took on Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight title in October, losing via submission.

McGregor was outclassed by the more active champion, and was rocked badly in the third round at the T-Mobile Arena.

It was his first MMA fight in two years, and since then he has shown no real sign of returning to the octagon.

The fight will be remembered by most, however, for the post-fight brawl in and out of the cage, involving members of both fighters’ teams.

After a bitter promotional tour, which featured comments deemed to have crossed the line by both men, things came to a head when the referee tore Nurmagomedov off the Irishman.

And McGregor told Tony Robbins his version of events, whilst calling for another crack at the Russian.

“So what happened was, the fight was done, the match was done. He [Khabib] climbed over the fence and jumped into the crowd to make a bit of noise but as soon as he jumped into the crowd he

cowered away,” he said. “I like to call it ‘scurried away’ cause they’re little rats they are.

“I gave my respect and congrats, he won the match – let’s see what happens next time. I’m confident we’ll get it again, let’s go again. I am humble in victory or defeat no matter what.

“It’s a sport at the end of the day, a gruesome sport, but it’s a sport. So I respected it, I was defeated on the night.

“He jumped in to cause this chaos and attack. I saw this take place, I got up off the ground and said ‘ok, now I’m back in the mix’, jumped on top of the cage, as I jumped on top of the

cage, his brother came sprinting across and jumped on top of the cage

It was here that things took a turn for the worse, as McGregor was involved in a physical altercation with Nurmagomedov’s team.

“I seen him there and it was like a Christmas present,” he continued. “He was right there, I smacked him right in the eye socket and we started fighting on top of the cage. It got broken up.

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“We ended up in the cage then, he was trying to get past the security. I was just watching everything. I am very self-defence-minded through growing up. I know where my entrances and my

exits are and I am very aware of my surroundings.

“So when the fight was breaking out and I knew there were people in and out, there were a lot of rogue people and I wasn’t aware of who was with who, who was with security.

“So I backed myself up against the cage wall, where I thought I was good. What happened was, two of his teammates ran and jumped over right behind me. For me, with my mindset, it was

fascinating for me to watch that back because I got to a safe place, I was good. 

“I got to a place where I was aware and I could see any incoming threats and deal with it. They came right over my back, right over my back. The first one, the Chechen man, ran right out in

front of me and went over to the brother who got smacked and was like ‘what happened’ and then turned back and saw me.

“But I had already saw him so as he turned back. Boom, I smacked him. He wobbled. As I smacked him and wobbled him, another one jumped over the back and he sly-hooked me from the side. I

covered up.

“That got separated and then the final one was the original brother who was on the top of the cage, he broke free from the security, ran at 100mph towards me.

“He threw a right hand. As he threw that right hand I threw a left. Boom. There’s an image, an aerial image, of the right hand just whipping by my face and my left hand just landing flush

down the pipe. The final blow of the night. That’s it. I win.”

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