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Khabib Nurmagomedov, who coached Islam Makhachev to the UFC lightweight title he once held, shared a post via Instagram on Saturday indicating that he’s “leaving the MMA industry.” (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Khabib Nurmagomedov retired early as a fighter, seemingly with a number of significant fights left in him. Now, it appears he’s doing the same as a coach. Nurmagomedov shared an Instagram post in Russian that indicated he’s leaving the sport. Javier Mendez, the coach at the… Source link

Khabib Nurmagomedov, who coached Islam Makhachev to the UFC lightweight title he once held, shared a post via Instagram on Saturday indicating that he’s “leaving the MMA industry.” (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Khabib Nurmagomedov retired early as a fighter, seemingly with a number of significant fights left in him. Now, it appears he’s doing the same as a coach. Nurmagomedov shared an Instagram post in Russian that indicated he’s leaving the sport. Javier Mendez, the coach at the… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The second time Rafael dos Anjos has prepared to fight Rafael Fiziev has been a lot simpler for the former UFC lightweight champion. Visa issues delayed one potential fight between them, and then a positive COVID-19 result by Fiziev forced the cancellation of another. But dos Anjos has spent an entire training camp preparing and wasn’t particularly interested in wasting it. So he wound up fighting at UFC 272 on March 6 in Las Vegas. At one point, he was going to fight at 170…. Source link

AUSTIN, Texas – Fans itching to see Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon will likely be disappointed. The highly-anticipated bout between the two lightweight veterans won’t get a third booking after multiple fight-day cancellations. Cerrone (36-16 MMA, 23-13 UFC) and Lauzon (28-15 MMA, 15-12 UFC) were scheduled to compete Saturday in the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 37. However, Lauzon was forced to withdraw from the bout as his left knee locked up on him after official weigh-ins, rendering him… Source link

Is a Khabib-McGregor rematch inevitable? (Photo by Hans Gutknecht//Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) There’s big money to be made in another fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. UFC president Dana White knows it. Conor McGregor knows it. Khabib also knows it. But he’s retired. Or so he says. McGregor: ‘He fought the worst of me that night’ After multiple prods from White to lure Khabib out of retirement, McGregor joined the campaign in an interview with ESPN’s… Source link

Dana White shared the video of the start of their meeting on social media. The UFC public relations staff issued an alert noting that the UFC president would announce the result of his meeting with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday on ABC during the main card headlined by featherweights Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. And broadcasters Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and Dan Hardy breathlessly teased it prior to the preliminary’s opening on ESPN+. It turned out to be, well,… Source link