Despite UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski appearing to be in pole position, Khabib Nurmagomedov believes there are two lightweight contenders worthy of the next shot at gold in the division. This weekend at UFC 280, Khabib will be presen…
Despite UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski appearing to be in pole position, Khabib Nurmagomedov believes there are two lightweight contenders worthy of the next shot at gold in the division. This weekend at UFC 280, Khabib will be present in the corner of his man Islam Makhachev, as the Russian 30-year-old looks to make the…
Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed Charles Oliveira “doesn’t have a ground game” in a recently resurfaced clip. Nurmagomedov’s protégé and close friend, Islam Makhachev will take on Oliveira this weekend in the main event of UFC 280 for the vacant lightweight title. While Oliveira is a former champion on an 11-fight win streak, 10 being finishes, […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed Charles Oliveira “doesn’t have a ground game” in a recently resurfaced clip.
Nurmagomedov’s protégé and close friend, Islam Makhachev will take on Oliveira this weekend in the main event of UFC 280 for the vacant lightweight title.
While Oliveira is a former champion on an 11-fight win streak, 10 being finishes, the Makhachev camp are not lacking in confidence. Both Makhachev and Nurmagomedov have been predicting a finish over the Brazilian, with the latter even claiming that Oliveira has ‘no ground game.’
“This is what Islam gonna do with Charles Olivera,“ Nurmagomdeov said in a resurfaced video. “He gonna ride him like you ride your horse.
“A lot of people underestimate Islam. They think Charles Oliveira have ground game. He don’t have ground game. If you tap eight times in UFC, how can you say you have ground game? You tap eight times.”
Is Khabib Nurmagomedov right?
While the Dagestani has every reason to be confident after Makhachev’s past performances, Oliveira is not one to be taken lightly.
‘Do Bronx’ has transformed himself over the past few years, running through the best the lightweight division has to offer. Oliveira is the holder of the most finishes (19) and submissions (16) in UFC history and has beaten everyone in the 155lb’s top five besides form Makhachev.
Makhachev is expected to have the crowd on his side on Saturday night and the former sambo world champion coming in on excellent form. Riding an impressive win streak himself, while he hasn’t faced the biggest names, Makhachev has looked outstanding.
Expect fireworks on Saturday night as one of the most anticipated fights of the year is finally here.
Belal Muhammad has been training with former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his upcoming fight with Sean Brady. Muhammad will take on the rising prospect in a highly-anticipated matchup at UFC 280. on Oct. 22 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He linked up with the retired unbeaten Dagestani fighter […]
Belal Muhammad has been training with former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his upcoming fight with Sean Brady.
Muhammad will take on the rising prospect in a highly-anticipated matchup at UFC 280. on Oct. 22 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He linked up with the retired unbeaten Dagestani fighter and Islam Makhachev, who will headline the card, for the first time in preparations for a bout.
Belal Muhammad opens up about training with Khabib for UFC 280
In a recent appearance on the Jibber with Jaber podcast, Belal Muhammad opened up about the experience of working with Khabib and his team.
“I’ve been in many different gyms and when they say they train different, they’re different,” he said (transcribed by Middle Easy). “These guys, they’ve been doing it since they were kids, and their level of strength or level of grappling, the level of just, when Khabib walks into the room, it’s like an army there’s no joking around. There’s discipline, like no other. And then also just to be being a Muslim, and being around all those guys, like we’re training killing each other and then right after we’re praying at the mosque right there.
“So just being embraced more into the culture, into the religion has been another amazing thing about being here so early, because it just brings you closer to God in general. It gets your mind off of the stresses of the daily life in America.”
Muhammad found the training to be more difficult
‘Remember The Name’ found the practice sessions to be more intense than he was used to. He heaped praises on the technique he learned and pushed through the taxing workouts.
“You had those days where it’s like I’m sore today or I’m tired today I know what guys to go with that are gonna be a lighter round or a round that I know I can control myself and be alright with that day. Here there’s not one easy round in the room. Every single one of these guys is a monster and I don’t care what weight class they are,” he said. “Their technique is just flawless with all these guys. So that’s one of the crazy things that also it’s the training is just a lot harder.“
Khabib Nurmagomedov has jokingly told social media standout, Hasbualla Magomedov not to “judge” people in life, after the 20-year-old personality accused the former UFC lightweight champion of paying referees during a recent football match between the duo. Khabib, a former undisputed UFC lightweight champion, called time on his professional mixed martial arts career back in […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov has jokingly told social media standout, Hasbualla Magomedov not to “judge” people in life, after the 20-year-old personality accused the former UFC lightweight champion of paying referees during a recent football match between the duo.
Khabib, a former undisputed UFC lightweight champion, called time on his professional mixed martial arts career back in October 2020 on ‘Fight Island’ – improving his undefeated professional record to 30-0 with a second round title unification submission win over interim titleholder, Justin Gaethje.
In the time since, Khabib has turned his hand to coaching alongside former head coach, Javier Mendez at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California – and will coach Islam Makahchev ahead of his lightweight title quest against Charles Oliveira this weekend at UFC 280.
Hasbulla accuses Khabib Nurmagomedov of paying referees
Recently partaking in a football match with the aforenoted, Hasbulla, Khabib Nurmagomedov was accused of cheating by the 20-year-old, who asked if the latter had “paid the referees? How much you pay him?”
In a quick response to Hasbulla, who is expected to feature in some form in the corner of Makhachev this Saturday at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Khabib replied, “Don’t judge people by yourself. If you walk in with Rolexes and buy people, we are not like that.” (Transcribed by Mirror)
Linked with his own continued return to the Octagon amid his official retirement from the sport last year, Khabib, who was inducted into the modern fight wing of the UFC Hall of Fame at this summer’s ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada – has been linked with a potential retirement u-turn should former champion, Oliveira defeat his protégé, Makhachev in the Etihad Arena.
Successfully defending the lightweight title on three separate occasions, Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and the above-mentioned, Gaethje.
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The Khabib Nurmagomedov era has come to a close, and it seems that there is no possibility of a return. The former UFC lightweight champion made his last walk to the Octagon back in October of 2020 and has not looked back. Although his fighting days are over, he has not been a stranger to…
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