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UFC lightweight champion at UFC 254 in Iasi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday Chabibas Nurmagomedovas (29-0) In the second round, a triangular strangulation forced him to surrender Justina gaethje (22-3) and announced the end of his career.
After the victory, Ch.Nurmagomedov knelt in the middle of the cage and did not hold back his tears. Nurmagomedov, who was crying, ran shortly after Gaateje, who had recovered from the judge’s belated decision to end the fight and expressed his condolences to the opponent for the loss of his father.
After the fight, Ch.Nurmagomedov spoke only in the middle of the cage when he announced the end of his career. The champion later did not attend a press conference or speak to ESPN reporters.
Meanwhile, Gaethje spoke briefly in a cage and then chatted with ESPN reporter Megan Olivi, where she reviewed her performance against Nuramgomedova.
Gaethje won the first round by two of the three judges. For Nurmagomedov, this was only the second losing round of his UFC career, during which he defeated 13 fighters.
Gaethje believes it made Nurmagomedov uncomfortable and happy that he hurt him.
“It is painful and unpleasant,” Gaethje said. “It is very emotional. I caused him problems. I didn’t hit her legs so badly that she couldn’t walk, but she was limping. He will limp for the next three weeks. I shouldn’t be proud of that because I lost, but I felt alive … I feel great. I think I did a great job hurting him. I kept my distance, I controlled the distance, it was threatening and I did damage. I know I was in a bad position. Even if not, he did what he had to do: he threw me to the ground. He is very strong. I knew he would try to turn me on. I was focused and I know I did a good job controlling the distance. But again, it’s a five-round fight. I have to be better on the ground floor.
I really like hitting. I love fights, but to be the best in the world, you have to be good everywhere. He was better at fighting, and that’s something I should focus on now. “
Nuramgomedov’s first-round loss could have been related to pre-fight problems. As UFC president Dana White later revealed, Ch.Nurmagomedov had a foot injury and it was later revealed that he had still recovered from an acute viral infection in mid-September.
Judging by the video of Zurair Tuchugov, a member of the Ch.Nurmagomedov team who shared on the social network “instagram”, the champion really has a lot of pain in his leg and limped on his way to the helicopter.
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