The Russian athlete spoke about the project he refused. Although Ultimate Fighter wanted to fight Conor McGregor and Habib, the Muslim athlete was cold.

According to Offsideplus.az, Nurmahammadov was quoted in MMAjunkie as saying: "This could be a good focus for Conor. He is probably interested in it himself. But I will not give him this chance. Even if they give him 5 billion, it will be good." No. Even if they give me the UFC, I will not agree again. I finished with him on October 6, 2018. I finished it and I finished my work with him. I had new goals - Dustin Porye, and now Castin Getty. Let's see which of them is the next opponent? But it is clear that McGregor will not be. "