UFC considering Nurmagomedov-v-StPierre
MMA Junkie is reporting that Dana White has said he was open to the possibility of a Khabib-Georges fight after whoever (&whenever) Nurmagomedov's upcoming title defense. Khabib says he will only do two more fights and Dana says he will give him anybody he wants for his final fight. And St Pierre said some time ago he was open to un-retiring to get a piece of Nurmagomedov.
Opening odds are Khabib -200 and Georges +170. They're also making book on whether the fight will take place before the end of next year. The writer garbled that bit but the odds were -1000 and +550 but it isn't clear which was for before 31 Dec 2021 and which was after.
I'm saddened by the thought of Nurmagoemdov leaving pro MMA at such a young age because I don't think we've seen the best of him yet, and he's been in the deep end of the pool for such a relatively brief period of time. I've long felt that the two greatest sports tragedies of my life were Bo Jackson's injury-shortened career(s) and Mike Tyson's Don King-engineered fall from grace. Maybe my perspective is distorted up because I'm 'too close' to pro MMA on account of the political correctness in most of the other pro sports has turned me against them but Nurmagomedov leaving the sport when we've seen so relatively little of him against MMA A-listers has to be close.
