Khabib extends UFC title and surprised: “This was my last fight”...


The nerves in the world of MMA were again tense on Saturday evening. The Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is easily addressed by his first name, competed with the American Justin Gaethje for the world title in the lightweights.

The unbeaten defending champion Khabib had already won his 29 previous professional camps, but also challenger Gaethje was able to present strong figures with 2 defeats in 24 camps. But Khabib lived up to his favorite role: in round 2 he clamped Gaethje with his leg and it was immediately game over.

After the camp, Khabib burst into tears. The Russian lost his father, who was also his coach, and felt a defeated man despite his new title. During the interview in the ring, he surprisingly announced his retirement from the sport.

“This was my last fight. I can’t come back here without my father,” Khabib opened. “When they called me to sign the camp with Gaehtje, I spoke to my mother for three days. She said I couldn’t fight without a father with me. I promised her that it would be my last camp. And I will stick to my word.”

“I ask one more thing and that is that the UFC puts me at number one in the pound-for-pound ranking (the ranking across all weight divisions, ed.). Given my unbeaten status and my earnings, I deserve that,” said Nurmagomedov.


Source link by https://sporza.be/nl/2020/10/24/khabib-verlengt-ufc-titel-en-verrast-dit-was-mijn-laatste-gevecht~1603576062474/

*The article has been translated based on the content of Source link by https://sporza.be/nl/2020/10/24/khabib-verlengt-ufc-titel-en-verrast-dit-was-mijn-laatste-gevecht~1603576062474/
. If there is any problem regarding the content, copyright, please leave a report below the article. We will try to process as quickly as possible to protect the rights of the author. Thank you very much!

*We just want readers to access information more quickly and easily with other multilingual content, instead of information only available in a certain language.

*We always respect the copyright of the content of the author and always include the original link of the source article.If the author disagrees, just leave the report below the article, the article will be edited or deleted at the request of the author. Thanks very much! Best regards!

These were the details of the news Khabib extends UFC title and surprised: “This was my last fight”... for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.

It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at news1.news and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.

NEXT Racism in sport: a local or global issue?