Undefeated UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedovs efforts to secure a title shot against Conor McGregor now include a direct message to the defending champion on social media.Nurmagomedov (24-0) has campaigned for a title shot all year, and was even seen demanding it from UFC president Dana White during his recent win against Michael Johnson at UFC 205 on Nov. 12.McGregor (21-3), however, seems disinterested in the matchup for now. Shortly after defeating Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, the Irish star called Nurmagomedov a consistent pull-out merchant, and expressed concerns over his ability to stay healthy. Nurmagomedov missed all of 2015 due to various injuries.On Wednesday, Nurmagomedov posted a screenshot of a direct message he recently sent to McGregor via Twitter, which said in part, If you run every time you look in the mirror you not going to respect yourself, your kids not going to respect you, your friends, your family wont respect you. The screenshot did not show whether McGregor responded, but Nurmagomedovs accompanying post suggested he hadnt.McGregor made history at UFC 205, becoming the first athlete to ever simultaneously hold two UFC titles at the same time. White has stated McGregor will have to vacate one of the titles, but that has not happened yet.At the same time Nurmagomedov is claiming McGregor is ignoring his challenge, McGregor was tweeting Wednesday that he has no competition.At the UFC 205 post-fight news conference in New York, McGregor confirmed he is expecting the birth of his first child in 2017. White told the Los Angeles Times the UFC is expecting McGregor to return to the Octagon no sooner than May.Nurmagomedov, 28, is 8-0 in the UFC. He is considered a leading candidate to face McGregor next, along with lightweight Nate Diaz and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Michael Conforto Jersey . 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He was quite clear with the message; that he was following his instincts and felt it was necessary to hire a new head coach. "The conversation was short and I didnt really dig deep because I believed it wasnt worth burning any brain cells thinking about why," Krueger continued. "I could feel the decision was final and so it wasnt really necessary for me to understand it." Asked if he expected something of this nature so soon into his tenure, Krueger said he didnt. "The idea of adding an assistant or associate was one of the first things I requested following the season because I took over the head coaching job of Tom Renney and did not replace the associate coaching job that I held. Craig (MacTavish) and I both agreed that this was something we needed to do and I was all-in on that. 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