Current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in an interview with said that the former belt holder Khabib Nurmagomedov could become one of his seconds in the fight against the American Dustin Poirier .
Makhachev, 32, will make his third belt defense at UFC 302 in Newark in a duel with Poirier as the UFC’s top fighter in any weight class.
– Is there a chance that Khabib is on your side?
— I can’t say 100%. It will be decided in a few days, probably after the weigh-in we will decide. There will definitely be Javier Mendez, Muslim (Makhachev’s childhood friend) and Islam Mamedov, he has now finished his career and joined the coaching staff,” Makhachev told .
Makhachev’s training partner and friend Khabib Nurmagomedov was previously the athlete’s second in many fights, but from the beginning of 2023 he announced that he would leave the sport altogether, including participating in the preparation of his teammates’ fights. Nurmagomedov wasn’t around during Makhachev’s two fights with Alexander Volkanovski. Despite this, Nurmagomedov joined Makhachev’s training camp and flew to New Jersey with the fighter.
Islam Makhachev’s statistics in MMA are 25-1, the Russian fighter’s unbeaten streak in the UFC is 13 fights and lasts since September 2016.
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