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Islam Makhachev remembers Amdulmanap Nurmagomedov: Khabib Nurmagomedov’s late father recalled by lightweight champion ahead of facing Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284

Islam Makhachev remembers Amdulmanap Nurmagomedov: Khabib Nurmagomedov’s late father recalled by lightweight champion ahead of facing Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284

Islam remembers Khabib’s father: UFC 284: Islam Makhachev is relishing his peak years in MMA as the undisputed UFC lightweight champion. However, his former coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, isn’t around to witness it all. Late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov passed away at the age of 58 in 2020, a year after his son Khabib Nurmagomedov’s second UFC lightweight […]

Islam remembers Khabib’s father: UFC 284: Islam Makhachev is relishing his peak years in MMA as the undisputed UFC lightweight champion. However, his former coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, isn’t around to witness it all. Late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov passed away at the age of 58 in 2020, a year after his son Khabib Nurmagomedov’s second UFC lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN.

After Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s death, Khabib fought only against Justin Gaethje and retired after scoring his 29th career win. Now that Islam Makhachev has claimed Khabib’s position as the champion, he misses his coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

One of Makhachev’s tweet read, “I wish our coach could witness this days. He would be proud.”

Islam Makhachev has always acknowledged Khabib Nurmagomedov and Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov as two of his biggest motivators in MMA. Turning the clock back to 2018, Makhachev didn’t hesitate to jump inside the cage and brawl with Conor McGregor after the infamous UFC 229 main event.

Times have changed and Islam Makhachev is now the main-event star at UFC 284. It will be his first title defense where the Dagestani fighter will look to grab the number 1 P4P status in the UFC against featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.

Volkanovski hasn’t lost a professional fight since his maiden career defeat in 2013 and is still undefeated in the UFC. Makhachev shares a similar resume as he has only lost once as a professional fighter. It remains to be seen who hands whom their second loss in the sport. Here’s a look at UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski fight card.

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UFC 284 Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski

Date:- February 11, Saturday

Venue:- RAC Arena, Perth, Australia

Main card

  • Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski – Makhachev’s UFC lightweight title
  • Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett – UFC interim featherweight title
  • Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown
  • Justin Tafa vs. Parker Porter
  • Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield

Preliminary card

  • Tyson Pedro vs. Modestas Bukauskas
  • Joshua Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
  • Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
  • Jamie Mullarkey vs. Francisco Prado

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