The fight for the UFC lightweight world title between Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor in Las Vegas, United States, Saturday (6/10) local time, set a record for pay-per-view sales (PPV). The McGregor vs. Khabib fight which still leaves the polemic creating a PPV sales record. Quoted from The Sun, PPV Khabib vs McGregor’s record sales beat the previous record held by McGregor vs Nate Diaz in August 2016.
A total of 2.4 million people bought PPV to watch the Khabib vs McGregor broadcast. That number is far superior to PPV McGregor vs Diaz who only got 1.65 million sales.
McGregor vs Khabib duel seems to suck so many spectators because of the many tension created before until after the game. The main thing is that every conference meeting ahead of the match, the Republican Irish fighter often uttered the words of ridicule that touched Khabib’s religion and his team. One of McGregor’s so-called terrorists was Khabib’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, at an October 4 press conference in Las Vegas.
“His manager (Khabib) is a terrorist. I can tell him in more detail and I will do it. He cannot take flight from Cairo, Egypt to New York on September 11, 2001.”
“He was caught with the possession of five passports. He then turned into an informant and then turned into someone who cooperated with him (Khabib). I didn’t even know how that person (Abdelaziz) could be in this country,” McGregor said as quoted by Foxsports.
The match between the two fighters ended with riots inside and outside the octagon. The trigger was the action of Khabib who jumped over the octagon fence and attacked McGregor’s teammate, Dillon Danis, who was considered to have insulted the father and the Russian fighter’s religion.
Inevitably, Khabib’s action tarnished his almost perfect victory over McGregor. He was able to end the rival’s resistance in the fourth round through submission or locking in the neck.
In the re-recorded video, it was also revealed the conversation between the two fighters during the third round duel. Khabib, who began to outperform and hit a lot of blows on McGregor, was claimed to have said something to his opponent.
“It’s time for us to talk! It’s time for us to talk!” Said the Khabib.
McGregor was also heard saying to Khabib that in the UFC it was only work and business. The Dagestan-born boxer replied by saying he had expected The Notorious to say so.
