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5th October 2017
10:31pm BST

"Oh yeah, yeah, I didn't take a picture of it. And I just enjoy tiramisu, I ain't no bitch. If you out there and tiramisu is the reason why you don't go out there and make a lot of money and put your life on the line for these folks then eh... and I ain't got 4,000 Russians showing up for me!"https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/915618793585561601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsjoe.ie%2Fmma%2Fconor-mcgregor-georges-st-pierre-2-138697 That was clearly a wisecrack at Khabib Nurmagomedov's expense. The undefeated Dagestani was forced to withdraw from his interim title shot against Tony Ferguson at UFC 209 on the day of the weigh-ins. Nurmagomedov was hospitalised due to weight-cutting related issues and a clip of him eating tiramisu on the Countdown show promoting the fight went viral after he was pulled from the card. While that joke got a few laughs off the journos in Vegas, there was genuine concern about Lee after he told everyone he weighed 174 lbs, four pounds over the welterweight limit, the next weight class up. This means that 'the Motwon Phenom' must shed 19 pounds in about 20 hours if he wants to be able to take the belt with a win over 'El Cucuy' on Sunday.
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