UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in an interview with , he said whether Khabib Nurmagomedov shared his thoughts on Dustin Poirier’s guillotine during training.
In September 2019, during a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier attempted to choke the Russian with a guillotine technique. Later, Poirier repeatedly tried this technical action in fights, but never managed to force his opponent to surrender from such a choke, which began to serve as a reason for jokes during discussions about the tactics of the fighter. On June 1, Poirier, 35, will face Russian Islam Makhachev at the UFC 302 tournament in Newark. One of Makhachev’s seconds will be Khabib Nurmagomedov.
— Do you think the experience of fighting Khabib gives something to Dustin Poirier before the fight with you? Can his coach say: “You already have an idea of what awaits you, you had two good rounds in the cage with Khabib. Now it will be the same person.
– You know, to that [борьбе школы Нурмагомедовых] impossible to prepare. In two, three, four, five months… And in six months, it is impossible to prepare an opponent. Because this is what you have to do for the rest of your life. For example, in Dustin’s case, he had to fight from birth to be able to feel that fighting feeling. You can learn some techniques, but the feeling of combat is very difficult to develop.
— Everyone jokes about the guillotine, which he can’t do over and over again. He also did it to Khabib – have you discussed this episode, how he approaches it specifically?
– No, we didn’t even think about that… Well, it’s no secret what Dustin’s style is. Everyone knows how he fights, that he boxes well. We discussed all this, we said that you need to be careful when standing next to him,” Makhachev told .
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