Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov shared his emotions after Islam Makhachev For the first time in his career, he is at the top of the UFC rankings, regardless of weight category.
In October, Makhachev, 32, defended the UFC lightweight championship belt, defeating Australian Alexander Volkanovski by first-round knockout. On November 7, the Russian fighter in the updated version of the P4P ranking moved from second to first place, ahead of the American. Jon Jones who holds the promotion’s heavyweight championship belt.
“This is an unprecedented case where two fighters, raised from childhood by the same trainer, in the same city, in the same gymnasium, who have trained together for a long time side by side, become champions of the same weight in the best league in the country. the world, UFC. And both became the best fighters, regardless of the weight classes of their era. And believe me, this is not the end yet, Islam Makhachev continues to write history,” Nurmagomedov wrote on the social network.
Khabib Nurmagomedov finished his professional career in 2020. He remained undefeated in the Octagon, where he had 29 victories in 29 fights.
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