“I’ve seen a lot of fights. I can say a lot of guys break down before they even get in the cage, even though they’re real animals in the room. But when the time comes, when 16 to 20,000 people stare at them in the cage, hall, they can’t show themselves in all their glory, they can’t deal with the emotions.
Gadzhiev named the only fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov couldn’t defeat
It’s very hard, there are a lot of things going on in your head. How did I handle this? I can’t answer for sure myself. I think you have to be born with it. You can train, become an experienced fighter, but if there is no mentality, then you will break,” Nurmagomedov said on the PBD podcast.
Source: Sport

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