Abubakar Nurmagomedov, the cousin of Octagon icon Khabib Nurmagomedov, gifted his coach Javier Mendez a well-thought-out piece of memorabilia to commemorate the legendary coach’s success as each a fighter and a developer of world champions.
Abubakar, who has competed below each the PFL and UFC banners, lately introduced Mendez with an engraved knife that was meant to pay tribute to Mendez’s profitable fight sports activities profession in addition to his position in shaping among the combat recreation’s largest stars through the years.
Right now I’ve a present. I wouldn’t say it’s ‘Wow’ however I feel he’ll prefer it. It’s a knife with Javier’s face, our coach, engraved on it. Abubakar Nurmagomedov stated in a video on Khabib’s YouTube channel, which you’ll be able to watch under.
Khabib’s Workforce Pays Tribue to Javier Mendez’s standing as a legendary fighter and coach
The knife itself had a picture of Mendez engraved on it together with the ISKA world champion belt he received within the early 90s.
Nurmagomedov additionally had Mendez’s many champions engraved on it together with Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, and Luke Rockhold.
After his personal illustrious profession in fight sports activities got here to a detailed, Mendez started his journey as a coach, teaching a slew of superstars to fame, fortune, and world titles. Except for the names talked about above, Mendez has additionally labored with the likes of Frank Shamrock, BJ Penn, Cung Le, Josh Thomson, Islam Makhachev, and Usman Nurmagomedov.
