Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov coach Javier Mendez said the Russian athlete is considering returning to the octagon. Transmits words fight book MMA.
“The UFC tried to get Khabib back and at one point he was very close to his return.
At one of the tournaments in Abu Dhabi, Khabib said that if someone shows something really exciting, he can come back. It was the night McGregor fought Poirier. As a result, nothing caught Khabib, the UFC still tried to extradite him, but this was already useless. He wasn’t interested,” said Mendez.
Khabib Nurmagomedov had his last fight in the fall of 2020, defeating American Justin Gaethje. 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. After his retirement, Nurmagomedov founded the Eagle FC promotion.
Nurmagomedov spent 29 fights in MMA, each of which he won. As a result of a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation in 2021, he was chosen as the person of the year in Russian sports.
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