Khabib Nurmagomedov wants Conor McGregor to put on a show against Dustin Poirier - but won't be there to see it. The UFC lightweight champion is prepared to come out of retirement if either McGregor or Poirier impresses next weekend.
But he will leave Abu Dhabi after cornering his cousin Umar who takes on Sergey Morozov on Wednesday night. Nurmagomedov will head to Las Vegas where he will hold further talks with UFC president Dana White over his future.
White said: "He leaves and goes to Vegas so I will fly home on Sunday. "Those fights will have played out and he and I are going to hook up and go to dinner and talk again. "One thing he did say was that he won't hold up the division; if he decides not to fight again then whoever is next is
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