Khabib says UFC will negotiate GSP fight – but Dana White suggests it would have to be at 155 pounds
- UFC lightweight champ believes ‘time is ticking’ on setting up ‘a fight between my dreams and my father’ with Georges St-Pierre
- ‘If GSP can make 155 pounds and make a run at Khabib’s title, that’s one thing. But I’m not a fan of catchweight,’ UFC president White says
Khabib Nurmagomedov insists the UFC has told him they will attempt to make a super fight against Georges St-Pierre if he beats Justin Gaethje.
The lightweight champion (28-0) takes on interim champ Gaethje (22-2) on October 25, despite the death of his father and coach Abdulmanap, 57, last month from health issues related to contracting Covid-19.
“If I beat Gaethje, then in April I could fight St-Pierre,” Nurmagomedov said a press conference in Russia announcing his own promotion, MMA Global. “[The UFC] told me that they will negotiate with St-Pierre.”
But Dana White appeared to pour cold water on the idea in an interview with YouTube personality The Schmo after Thursday night’s UFC 252 press conference.
“I dunno, I’m not even thinking about that,” White said. “If you look at what GSP said in the past and recently, his mind isn’t even there right now to get back into a camp and fight.
“I hate catchweight fights – they literally don’t mean anything and they make no sense. If GSP can make 155 pounds and make a run at Khabib’s title, that’s one thing. But I’m not a fan of catchweight.”
