KhabibNurmagomedov's teammate believes the former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion will nevercompete in any combat sport again.
ZubairaTukhugov (20-6) is scheduled to meet former UFC foe ElvesBrenner in a no-gi grappling match at ACBJJ 21 this weekend inMoscow. Ahead of the matchup, Tukhugov revealed that Nurmagomedovisn't very excited about the idea of his return to competition.
Nurmagomedov has been persuading Tukhugov to retire, suggestingthat he just continue training to stay in shape. The latter toldRed Corner MMA: "He laughed and was like, 'Why do you need this?'Leave the sport and just train for yourself. He's been persuadingme to retire for a long time."
Nurmagomedov (29-0) retired from mixed martial arts as theundefeated, undisputed UFC lightweight champion in 2020. Despitemultiple attempts by Dana White to bring him out of retirement,"The Eagle" has stood firm on his stance.
Tukhugov claims Nurmagomedov trains hard every day, almost like heis still an active athlete preparing to compete. He believes theUFC Hall of Famer is still in shape to grapple or fight anyone.However, Tukhugov is certain that Nurmagomedov won't end hisretirement for anything, even a grappling match.
"He actually trains every day, twice a day. No matter where he isand what is going on. He keeps training hard as if he's gettingready for something. He is ready to grapple anyone right now, oreven fight. But I'm 99% sure he won't ever compete again. Based onour conversations, if he says something, he follows through on it99% of the time."
Tukhugov further added that Nurmagomedov would make easy work ofcurrent UFC middleweight champion SeanStrickland if they were to fight right now.
ZubairaTukhugov (20-6) is scheduled to meet former UFC foe ElvesBrenner in a no-gi grappling match at ACBJJ 21 this weekend inMoscow. Ahead of the matchup, Tukhugov revealed that Nurmagomedovisn't very excited about the idea of his return to competition.
Nurmagomedov has been persuading Tukhugov to retire, suggestingthat he just continue training to stay in shape. The latter toldRed Corner MMA: "He laughed and was like, 'Why do you need this?'Leave the sport and just train for yourself. He's been persuadingme to retire for a long time."
Nurmagomedov (29-0) retired from mixed martial arts as theundefeated, undisputed UFC lightweight champion in 2020. Despitemultiple attempts by Dana White to bring him out of retirement,"The Eagle" has stood firm on his stance.
Tukhugov claims Nurmagomedov trains hard every day, almost like heis still an active athlete preparing to compete. He believes theUFC Hall of Famer is still in shape to grapple or fight anyone.However, Tukhugov is certain that Nurmagomedov won't end hisretirement for anything, even a grappling match.
"He actually trains every day, twice a day. No matter where he isand what is going on. He keeps training hard as if he's gettingready for something. He is ready to grapple anyone right now, oreven fight. But I'm 99% sure he won't ever compete again. Based onour conversations, if he says something, he follows through on it99% of the time."
Tukhugov further added that Nurmagomedov would make easy work ofcurrent UFC middleweight champion SeanStrickland if they were to fight right now.
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