The undefeated fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, expressed gratitude to Turkey after street art depicting the moment of him choking out Conor McGregor emerged in Istanbul.
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The graffiti also features a caption that reads “Don’t talk too much” in an apparent reference to the war of words the two fighters had been engaged in prior to their much-anticipated bout in Las Vegas.
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While Nurmagomedov’s post has already received over 2.6 million likes and more than 48k comments on Instagram, users have also been expressing their wholehearted support for him on Twitter:
One netizen suggested that after his publication he had amassed a millions-strong army of fans in Turkey:
Others praised the graffiti, saying it was a piece of art and claiming that it was better than Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa:
On October 6, Nurmagomedov dealt a devastating defeat to Irish fighter Conor McGregor in the fourth round with a chokehold as the two competed for the lightweight championship title at UFC 229.