Khabib Nurmagomedov Says There Can Only be One King

Khabib Nurmagomedov made an interesting social media post not long after Conor McGregor announced his retirement. While it is only speculation, the timing of his post makes it easy to view it as a response to McGregor’s retirement. With Nurmagomedov on suspension and adamant about not fighting until the fall, the lightweight division will have a lot of shuffling around to do.

Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor in his return to MMA at UFC 229 with a dominant victory, controlling the fight for four-rounds until finally submitting McGregor with a neck crank. Speculation was that while we wait for the lightweight champion to sit out his suspension and observe Ramadan, fans would be treated to McGregor versus Donald Cerrone.

However, that fight was shot down with the reason being the placement of the bout. McGregor said on his “Tonight Show” appearance to Jimmy Fallon, which aired Tuesday night that he was in “talks” for a return in July but it looks like nothing came of it with McGregor announcing his retirement.

“There can only be one king in the jungle,” was what Nurmagomedov said in his post and for now, it would seem the division might need to have a few fights happen to determine his next opponent. Although, this…