Khabib Nurmagomedov has responded to a vile tweet about his father from Conor McGregor.
While the two have had a running battle for years, McGregor was accused of going too far when he brought Nurmagomedov’s late father into the picture.
It came after Nurmagomedov took aim at McGregor following his defeat to Dustin Poirier in their trilogy bout, tweeting: “Good always defeats evil. Very happy for @DustinPoirier I hope you will get the belt end of the year”.
McGregor then responded a few weeks later with a since-deleted tweet stating: “Covid is good and father is evil?”
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, Khabib’s father, died in Moscow in July 2020 from Covid-19 complications.
Daniel Cormier said McGregor “absolutely crossed the line” with the jab and Nurmagomedov has now weighed in on the comments.
“When he talked about this, only evil can talk about your father, like wife, kids, religion, if you’re a normal human, you’re never going to talk about this stuff,” Nurmagomedov said on Mike Tyson’s Hotboxin’ podcast.
“For me, I think he posted this tweet [when he had] drunk too much or [had done] something. He always delete these tweets.
“When he become normal, [he looked at his cell phone] and said, ‘Oh, what I did.’ Then he delete. This is my opinion, what he does all the time.
“When someone is not with us, he is not even alive, this shows you what you have inside, this shows, like, how dirty you are.
“When you are one of the best in the world, and you come and you punch someone like 70 years old, like an old man [in a pub], this shows your heart. This shows who you are inside, how dirty you are.
“When you have parents and you have kids, how can you show yourself like this? I don’t understand why his close people don’t tell him, ‘Hey, what’s going on?’”
Once again McGregor could not help but chime in, tweeting in response: “I wanna eat his children!!!! When’s the last time he’s even seen them actually? His wife ? Mother? How bout you go spend some time with your kids and family for a change and keep my name out of your mouth b4 you get trapped somewhere again you mightn’t be so lucky next time.”
McGregor has since deleted the tweet.