Khabib Nurmagomedov, the former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight championship, posted on his page on social networks a list of the greatest fighters in the history of mixed martial arts.
The list will look like this:
1. Fedor Emelianenko and John Jones
2. Georges St-Pierre
3. Anderson Silva
4. Demetrius Johnson
5. Daniel Cormier
6. Henry Cejudo
7. Jose Aldo
8. Kamaru Osman
9. Israel Adesanya
10. BJ Penn
11. Royce Gracie
12. Randy Couture and Cain Velasquez
13. Dan Henderson and Mauricio Rua
14. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović and Stipe Miocic
15. Dominic Cruz and Frankie Edgar
Nurmagomedov spent 29 fights in MMA, each of which he won. He spent his last fight defeating American Justin Gaethje in the fall of 2020. Immediately after the fight, he announced the end of his professional career, announcing to his mother that he had promised not to fight without his father. Khabib’s father and coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, died in the summer of 2020 from complications caused by a coronavirus infection.
After his retirement, Nurmagomedov founded the Eagle FC promotion. The EFC held its first US event on January 28, 2022.
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