With Georges St-Pierre ’s retirement announcement today , it appears a potential fight between him and Khabib Nurmagomedov has gasped its last breath. Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC), the UFC’s unbeaten lightweight champion currently serving a nine-month suspension for his part in the UFC 229 brawl, welcomed a fight with former welterweight and middleweight champ St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC) – even at a catchweight to keep St-Pierre from having to drop down to 155 pounds. For his part, a fight against Nurmagomedov was one St-Pierre has seemed interested in for a while . But his announcement today was pretty much all the proof anyone needed that the UFC wasn’t interested in making the fight .

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