Web site addicted to MMA presented a ranking of the 30 best fighters in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for the promotion’s 30th anniversary, placing the Russian representative Khabib Nurmagomedov, who holds the title of lightweight champion of the organization, in only fifth place.
“Khabib is the only one to retire as an undefeated champion. Rarely in MMA does anyone keep promises to quit the sport. But Khabib sounded sincere when he said he was done. He became one of the best coaches in the world. But when he entered the octagon himself, he dominated every opponent,” the article says. .
Above Khabib were Anderson Silva, Demetrius Johnson, Jon Jones and Georges St-Pierre.
Khabib had his last fight in the fall of 2020, defeating US representative Justin Gaethje. Immediately after the fight, the Russian announced his retirement from his professional career. He explained this by saying that he had promised his mother that he would not fight without his father. After finishing his career, Nurmagomedov founded the Eagle FC promotion.
The athlete had 29 fights in mixed martial arts (MMA) and won each of them. As a result of the survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation in 2021, Khabib was chosen as the person of the year in sports. On October 22, 2023, Nurmagomedov announced that he was quitting everything related to fighting.
Dana White, formerly president of the UFC acceptedHe took Khabib’s departure harshly.