- Nurmagomedov submits McGregor by rear-naked choke
- Unbeaten Russian then climbs into crowd and sparks brawl
Khabib Nurmagomedov finally, at long last, sunk in the rear-naked choke, and almost immediately, Conor McGregor’s right hand struck his left shoulder, a signal of submission, and the proverbial white flag in a war of attrition.
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Written by Mike Coppinger in Las Vegas
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