Topic: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib retires at 29-0... will it last?
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10.24.2020 | 5:11 PM ET
Part of me says it must. How can you be so competitive, so determined, to get to this level of excellence and perfection, and then just turn that switch off for the rest of your life?
"I live, I die, I live again."
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10.24.2020 | 5:20 PM ET
I think so.
"Blood alone moves the wheels of history!"
10.24.2020 | 6:32 PM ET
Him and st.pierre both coming out of retirement angle without the belt. That's why he retired.
10.24.2020 | 6:34 PM ET
Greg, I don't think he will return. He will be in the care of his family and will enjoy his retirement with his family.
He is not the type of person moved by money, he is a familiar and humble type who will put his well-being and that of his family before the temptations of money.
I imagine he focused on his family and then training future stars at the Gymnasium named after his beloved father.
Hopefully 1% of UFC and other sports champions have the humility of this great man.
We'll see him helping Umar become a UFC champion ,,,, for sure.
Goodbye Khabib.
10.24.2020 | 8:09 PM ET
I don't think money would be the main motivator, I think he's an intense competitor. After a year or two of not competing, how will he be satisfied?
"I live, I die, I live again."
10.24.2020 | 8:09 PM ET
"Albert Fish... I mean that guy was a real jerk!"
10.24.2020 | 9:43 PM ET
The UFC will stage an intervention for Khabib's mother. There's going to be an elite task force that includes Dana White, Joe Rogan, Conor McGregor, Tony Ferguson, Georges St-Pierre, Daniel Cormier, and Vladimir Putin that will do whatever it takes.
I think she'll allow for one more fight because Khabib's father always wanted Khabib to retire 30-0, but it can only be against Tony Ferguson and not anyone else because it's destiny. Until Khabib fights Tony, his career cannot come to an end.
Even if it takes forever.
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10.25.2020 | 2:11 AM ET
10.25.2020 | 9:22 AM ET
I don’t think so.
10.25.2020 | 9:22 AM ET
Understandably, the family is grieving and in sorrow. And I think it's testament to Khabib's character that he is showing this respect to his parents for now. But what generation of parents is like "if something were to happen to us, we don't want our kids to compete and continue with their lives. they should only do it if we can oversee it."
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov reared and coached the ultimate badass. I can't fathom that he would not want his son to keep going. Otherwise what's the point of rearing the badass to begin with? And I can't imagine that Khabib, at his age, will never see another elite fighter out there he wants to test himself against.
* Edited at 10.25.2020, 9:23 AM ET *
"I live, I die, I live again."
10.25.2020 | 1:08 PM ET
Mama Nurmy will have to let him off the leash if we ever see him fight again.
10.25.2020 | 1:22 PM ET
"For no particular reason beat up everyone"