Khabib Nurmagomedov has introduced one other issue that forestalls him from returning to the octagon.
Nurmagomedov retired after successful justin Gaethje in 2020 with technical obedience. “The Eagle” left the MMA competitors as a result of hopes of his mom, whom he needed to retire after the loss of life of Nurmagomedov’s father Abdulmanap. Nurmagomedov retired with an ideal 29-0 skilled MMA file and he grew to become the UFC Corridor of Fame.
Abdulmanap’s loss of life performed an essential function in Nurmagomedov’s choice to hold the glove, however there’s another excuse why he continues to cease performing. When he appeared in “Hustle Present,” Khabib Nurmagomedov defined that his lengthy preparation wants at age 36 is an efficient cause for him to keep away from a comeback (H/T mmafighting).
“You possibly can’t say, ‘Give me six months, I am prepared,'” Nurmagomedov mentioned. “No. It takes loads of time to get into the type of a battle and return to its outdated type. However after I was nonetheless preventing, I skilled often earlier than I left, and that was sufficient for me. It labored. I skilled mornings and nights, mornings and nights, and solely took off on Sundays.
“As I mentioned earlier than, if I missed even certainly one of these two-day periods, I had a panic assault as a result of I knew I needed to battle and it felt uncontrolled, like I wasn’t prepared.
Nurmagomedov remains to be deeply concerned within the sport of MMA, teaching one thing like former UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev. Nurmagomedov can be Makhachev’s ears forward of the large UFC Welterweight Championship conflict with title holder Jack Della Maddalena.
