LAS VEGAS – Ali Abdelaziz wasn’t impressed with Conor McGregor ’s antics at UFC 264 , nor was he surprised by the way things played out. A longtime rival of McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) by his close association to former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Dominance MMA Management CEO has long thought of the Irishman as “evil” – a word his fighter Nurmagomedov used Saturday after the fight. With the way things played out Saturday in the aftermath of McGregor’s trilogy fight loss to Dustin Poirier, Abdelaziz thinks his opinion was further vindicated. “He’s his own manager; he’s his own trainer; he’s the head coach; he’s everything,” Abdelaziz told MMA Junkie at a small media gathering Monday.
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