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UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals why he prefers football over wrestling amidst FIFA World Cup 2022

UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals why he prefers football over wrestling amidst FIFA World Cup 2022

UFC News: Khabib Nurmagomedov update: Although Khabib Nurmagomedov has been a wrestler/fighter his whole life, the former UFC champion shocked everyone with his passion for football in a recent interview. Khabib Nurmagomedov tagged football as the ‘number one’ sport in the world, praising it over MMA and any other sporting event. For UFC News updates […]

UFC News: Khabib Nurmagomedov update: Although Khabib Nurmagomedov has been a wrestler/fighter his whole life, the former UFC champion shocked everyone with his passion for football in a recent interview. Khabib Nurmagomedov tagged football as the ‘number one’ sport in the world, praising it over MMA and any other sporting event. For UFC News updates with InsideSport.IN

Meanwhile, ‘The Eagle’ was asked to pick between football or wrestling in a rapid-fire interaction. Surprisingly, Khabib Nurmagomedov chose football and justified his reason.

The undefeated ex-UFC lightweight champion said, “For sure ‘football). I am tired with wrestling, but all my life I was wrestling. Let’s just football.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov also made his predictions for the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The veteran MMA fighter named England, Brazil, and Netherlands as his top three teams in the football world cup. Having offered his FIFA World cup predictions, Khabib Nurmagomedov, also named Ronaldo Nazario and Zinedine Zidane as two of his childhood heroes.

Also Read | UFC India: Khabib Nurmagomedov and lightweight champion Islam Makhachev are set to visit India for a multi-city tour. More details

Although Khabib remains vocal about his love for football, there’s no denying that he has become a global superstar because of MMA. Today, Khabib runs his own MMA promotion named Eagle FC and is training multiple youngsters as a coach.

UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals why he prefers football over wrestling amidst FIFA World Cup 2022

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UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals why he prefers football over wrestling amidst FIFA World Cup 2022

His protégé Islam Makhachev became the UFC lightweight champion by defeating Charles Oliveira at UFC 280. Meanwhile, Khabib’s cousin Usman Nurmagomedov also became the lightweight champion by vanquishing ‘Pitbull’ at Bellator 288. Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently in talks to arrive in Idia next with UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.

UFC news: Khabib Nurmagomedov will arrive in India soon

Khabib Nurmagomedov and current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will reportedly set foot in India for a multi-city tour in 2023. Per our findings, Dominance MMA has joined forces with a content marketing and user base acquisition company, EmChain. Together, they will look to market and develop content for the fighters at Dominance MMA Management.

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Dominance MMA will kick off its partnership with EmChain by sending Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev as their representative in India. The exact date of Khabib’s and Islam’s India visit hasn’t been revealed. However, they are expected to come by the second quarter of 2023.

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