Khabib Nurmagomedov takes swipe at Dana White following UFC 229

The UFC chief, Dana White, commented on the statement of Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, Sovetsky Sport reports.

McGregor was beaten in Las Vegas when he tapped out in the fourth round following Nurmagomedov administering a rear-naked choke.

"I think they should take a quarter of a million dollars from him", White said, when pressed on what he thought the commission should do, though he insisted that Nurmagomedov would not be stripped of the UFC lightweight belt.

Unfortunately for the brash Irish superstar, McGregor, his fight with "The Eagle" at UFC 229 played out as many analysts expected it would.

The Russian beat Conor McGregor in Las Vegas before jumping the octagon fence and fighting his rival's team. Members of Nurmagomedov's crew were also arrested for attacking McGregor in the Octagon.

McGregor was issued a 30-day competition suspension by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) after the bout, among several short-term bans for fighters on the card in what is a common move after MMA bouts, with no contact allowed until October 28 before McGregor's ban expires November 6.

"The pay-per-view numbers are starting to roll in, so I'm in a much better mood than I was on Saturday", White said to TMZ Sports. But it is actually amusing, I was just thinking about this, you know that right hand, if you showed it to a boxing coach he would say "That's terrible". "You should not be able to keep his whole purse". "I think what he did was out of line", he said. "He's the world champion. You won. The guy who's yelling at you means nothing".

Khabib's American Kickboxing Academy teammate Daniel Cormier still occupies the top spot in the rankings after he defeated Stipe Miocic to win the world heavyweight championship at UFC 226 in July.

"We will be filing against Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov", NSAC chairman Anthony Marnell told ESPN.