If some fans still hope to see him return to the competition, Khabib Nurmagomedov definitely seems to have moved on. He has just been inducted into the Hall of Fame, a just reward for his fine career, and he revealed the greatest moment of his life as a top athlete.
While the hope of a return still lingers in the minds of some MMA fans, Khabib Nurmagomedov definitely seems to have drawn a line under his sports career. This week, the UFC legend, who some consider the GOAT with his record of 29 wins and 0 losses, was inducted into the Hall of Fame, during the first major ceremony organized by the largest federation in the world. planet.
After being a dominant champion, who finished with impressive victories against the monsters Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje, The Eagle will now be able to focus on his new coaching career, he who tries to lead his friends to the top. dagestanese. His biggest hope of winning a belt remains Islam Makhachev, who is just one victory away from the lightweight title.
The fight against McGregor, Khabib’s best memory in the UFC
But this week, Khabib’s students were not in the spotlight, it was he who was celebrated by the small MMA microcosm. On the red carpet of the ceremony, he was for example questioned by the site Sportskeeda on the most beautiful moment of his career, the most epic moment. Unsurprisingly, The Eagle spoke about his fight against Conor McGregor, his best enemy. He persisted and signed on the set of ESPN moments later, without ever mentioning the name of the Notorious.
The biggest moment of my career was here in Las Vegas at the T.Mobile Arena. It was October 6, 2018, in the biggest fight in the history of the sport. I am very happy to have won this fight. I would have accepted to lose all the fights of my career, but especially not this one.
“With me [jumping over the cage]this sport [jumped] to another level.”@TeamKhabib explained how his fight with Conor helped take MMA to another level ???? (via @dc_mma @Realrclark25) pic.twitter.com/b19scBk304
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 1, 2022
When I jumped over the cage that night, all of MMA jumped to another level with me.
For Khabib Nurmagomedov, the fight against Conor McGregor and all the events that took place after are the greatest moment of his career, but also in the history of MMA and the UFC. According to The Eagle, if Dana White’s organization is so popular and wealthy today, it’s largely thanks to that night, which put the UFC on the radar of all major media outlets.
Khabib Nurmagomedov has undoubtedly played a role in the democratization of MMA around the world, but he cannot deny that he has been greatly helped by the man whose name he does not wish to pronounce. Some would even say that Conor McGregor is the main protagonist of this popularization of the UFC.