Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, met with former Brazilian national team striker Ronaldo after the last race of the Formula 1 season in Abu Dhabi. The Russian made a post about a photo on his Instagram page (its owner, Meta, is known as an extremist in Russia and is banned).
“The one and only Ronaldo,” Nurmagomedov wrote.
Nurmagomedov stated that Ronaldo is his favorite player in 2022.
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.
Previously Khabib happened He is only fifth in the ranking of the best UFC fighters.