Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (
Russian: (Russian: Хабиб Абдулманапович Нурмагомедов) is a retired Russian lightweight MMA champion from Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia.
He is well known for using Sambo techniques against his opponents, and ground-pounding them to submission. Because of these techniques, he successfully defeated big names such as Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and most recently Justin Gaethje.
Outside of the UFC Octagon and
K1 ring, he runs his (unfortunately late)
father's MMA/Sambo gym in Makachkala, Dagestan, Russia, and has 3 children. In October
2020, The Guardian stated that Nurmagomedov is the second-most
popular Muslim athlete in the world, behind only the Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah.
Hey, did you see that Khabib Nurmagomedov guy turn McGregor upside down?
Yeah, he really took down that guy after he loudmouthed him at that press conference, eh?
For
sure,
bud! Did you hear him tell the
whole audience at the weigh-in that he's gonna "smesh" their boy?
Yeah, that was hilarious! His accent is the best English accent I'll ever hear!
