"If you are in conflict with someone, Americans don't feel the need to get in line with you. I'm familiar with Conor McGregor. He's been to a couple of my fights and we've always been polite to each other.
I saw Conor in Abu Dhabi, I think he was fighting Dustin Porier at the time. We shook hands and talked a little bit. Khabib said: "Brother, I don't understand it! If I see Conor with my wife, I'll shake his hand because I have to. But, bro..." I was against it at first," Cormier said on his YouTube channel.
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