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Published 07:44 7 Oct 2018 BST
Updated 08:53 7 Oct 2018 BST
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"Just quit. Just quit!"McGregor, as he tried to ride out the storm, was guilty of a knee, from the ground, to the head of Nurmagomedov. Dominick Cruz, on co-commentary for the UFC, called the move "illegal". Referee Herb Dean let that one slide and handed out no warnings at the end of the round. The third round saw McGregor frustrate the champion and land some telling blows of his own. All three judges scored the round in his favour, the first round that has ever gone against Nurmagomedov in his UFC career.
'The Notorious' repelled a few takedown attempts in the third. In frustrating his opponent, McGregor pulled what Tyron Woodley and Michael Bisping both called 'a veteran move'. He grabbed onto Nurmagomedov's gloves so he could not raise his arms.
As the round ended, the champion stalked after McGregor and had to be pushed away by the referee.
On commentary, Joe Rogan said, "Well, Conor was grabbing the gloves. That's illegal. The hooking of the gloves is illegal."
Nurmagomedov was livid and, as his corner tried to calm him down and give fourth round instructions, he called out to Dean:
"Three times he do it. Three times... You say to him 'Two times' and he still [does it]."The fight went on deep into the fourth round until Nurmagomedov secured another take-down that McGregor did not come back from. The neck crank was applied and McGregor tapped but that was only the start. Nurmagomedov lept from The Octagon and confronted member's of McGregor's team before 'The Notorious' was attacked by several of the champion's entourage. Bisping later told FOX Sports that any lawyer defending Nurmagomedov, in potential cases, should claim that the fighter had "temporary insanity" after the bout.
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