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Khabib Nurmagomedov, top,
applies a rear naked choke
hold to Conor McGregor
during a lightweight title
mixed martial arts bout at UFC
229 in Las Vegas, Saturday,
Oct. 6, 2018.
Associated Press
Fight poses

a question:

Is this UFC

or WWE?

By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Khabib
Nurmagomedov apolo-
gized, though it was clear
he wasn’t sorry about
much.
Not after putting a beat-
ing on Conor McGregor
in their highly anticipated
fight. Not after leaping out
of the octagon to settle an-
other score while a couple
of his thugs jumped in to
deliver a few more blows
to McGregor’s head.
And certainly not after get-
ting a call from Vladimir Pu-
tin offering congratulations
for a job well done.
Fighting means never hav- Brewers sweep Rockies
ing to say you’re sorry, es-
pecially if you’re doing it 6-0, advance to NLCS
in the UFC. Nothing seems
to be off limits, whether it’s
a dive out of the octagon
or an attack with a hand Milwaukee Brewers’ Erik Kratz, front, reacts after
truck on a bus. scoring on a wild pitch thrown by Colorado Rockies
UFC or WWE? About the relief pitcher Scott Oberg, back, in the sixth inning
only thing missing Satur-
day night on the Las Vegas of Game 3 of a baseball National League Division
Strip was a script and some Series, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in Denver.
folding chairs for Nurma- Associated Press
gomedov to smash over Page 20
the heads of his tormen-
tors.

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