Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teammate and friend Islam Makhachev scored the 10th win of his UFC career against Bobby Green in the main event of UFC Vegas 49. He TKO’s Green in the first round of the competition, and Dana White promised him a championship game. Winner of Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje.
Makhachev interviewed middleweight champion Kamaru Usman after his fight. Many people compare Islam and Khabib and they often wonder who is the better fighter. These two are like brothers and never meet face to face inside the octagon. Usman wanted to have this conversation with Islam and asked him about their education.
“There is a lot of discussion about your second coming Khabib Nurmagomedov” said Osman. “And while Khabib was still training, he was the best dog. But Khabib isn’t fighting anymore, so how does the training look now with you and him?”
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He resorted to mockery of Islam and told Usman that Khabib is no longer lightweight. said, “I can’t now. Maybe you, who are the same weight, should pay attention to this. Maybe he’ll come back bro and he won’t be 155 years old. He’ll definitely be 170.“
“He’s fighting the Light Heavyweight, 205!” Usman added jokingly.
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Khabib was clearly in the corner of Islam and came together. Bobby Green after the fight. He joked about Khabib’s height and discussed this in an interview with Megan Olivi. said, “He came to me, got very close and said, ‘Hey, were you Lightweight?’ Something like that, you know? Of course I’m grown now because I’ve been dealing with fights for almost two years. I’m trying to enjoy, I’m trying to enjoy. But I train every day, I spend time with the boys in the gym.”
“But why do I have to be Lightweight? finished” he concluded.
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