Dana White praises Khabib’s overcoming and extols the Russian’s talent after victory and farewell (Photo: Reproduo / UFC)
After the wave of emotion that seized Ilha da Luta, in Abu Dhabi, with the victory of Khabib Nurmagomedov on Justin Gaethje and the retirement announcement of the lightweight champion, the groupUFC 254This Saturday, was marked by the recognition of the talent of the Russian, who left MMA undefeated, won 29 fights in his career. The president of the franchise, Dana White, He exalted the overcoming of the athlete, who lived a personal drama with the death of his father and coach, in June, victim of a heart problem aggravated by COVID-19, in Moscow, and still presented a serious injury three weeks before the event.
Reporters said Dana White was impressed by Khabib’s unwillingness, who had to mentally recover from the loss of his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, in June, and also from a broken foot three weeks before the fight against Gaethje at UFC 254. The leader reinforced the thesis that the Russian, even now retired, is the greatest ‘weight for weight’ fighter (taking into account all the divisions of the organization) of Ultimate.
“With what this guy has been through, we’re lucky to have seen him fight tonight. And I’m hearing rumors about other things that I didn’t know about, that you’ll hear about when he comes later. Apparently, he was in the hospital, broke the three weeks. So he has two broken toes and a broken foot bone, or something like that, ”Dana said, reinforcing the Russian’s mental strength.
That’s what your belief told me. And he never told anyone. He is one of the toughest human beings on the planet. He is the number one weight-for-weight fighter in the world and we really have to start putting him in the GOAT conversation (the best of all time), ”added the UFC president.
BNUS
Khabib leaving the UFC with a fuller pocket. He was awarded bnus of US $ 50 thousand(R $ 281 thousand) through ‘night performance’. Another winner in this regard was another Russian, Magomed ankalaev, who knocked out Ion Cutelaba on the main card. The award for best fight of the event stayed with the duo Casey kenney me Nathaniel Wood, with each receiving the $ 50,000.
