- You had a conversation with Conor on Twitter in November, and he wrote: "I appreciate that you contacted our team in 2018 to come and help me." It's about his fight with Khabib. Is it really true?
- Of course not. There [in McGregor's training camp] there was, I think, one Chechen guy. There was a Chechen Jiu-Jitser in his gym. I went to sparring. He [McGregor] dropped it and then threw it [a photo or video online]. And for him [for a Chechen fighter] they called: “Come on, fly in, brother. You can beat him. For sparring. I wanted to go and beat him. There was nothing like that - to help someone there. It was not even when he had a fight with Khabib. I don't remember exactly... In my opinion, then the fight had not yet been announced.
Why did Conor do this? He firmly stated that you wanted to help.
- How should I know? He claims a lot. He claims something every day. I do not care. Let him think that I wanted to help him. But I wanted to beat him. And I still want it if a guy comes out to fight. To be honest, he is a decent guy. Only he cannot follow his chatter. And in sports - very worthy. You could fight him.