Former undisputed light-weight champion and Corridor of Fame inductee, Khabib Nurmagomedov has confirmed that amid continued hypothesis relating to a possible return to combating, he won’t ever step foot contained in the Octagon once more — vehemently ruling out a return to the UFC.
Nurmagomedov, a former undisputed light-weight champion, who ended his profession again in 2020, managed to finish his adorned profession in skilled blended martial arts, boasting an unbeaten 29-0 skilled document.
And retaining that light-weight crown on three profitable events, Dagestani grappler, Nurmagomedov landed a second spherical triangle choke win over former interim champion, Justin Gaethje of their title unification struggle — so as to add to title struggle victories over each Dustin Poirier, and Conor McGregor.
Nevertheless, lately — and largely within the time since his exit from competitors, Nurmagomedov has been regularly linked with a possible grudge struggle re-run with the above-mentioned McGregor, and throughout the light-weight title reign of Charles Oliveira, a possible seismic return towards the Brazilian finisher.
Khabib Nurmagomedov guidelines out ever returning to the UFC
And offering a transparent replace on a possible return to motion over the course of the weekend throughout a media look in Indonesia, American Kickboxing Academy staple, Nurmagomedov confirmed he had no plans to ever compete in skilled blended martial arts once more — revealing there was lower than “one %” likelihood of him enter the Octagon for a last bout.
“There isn’t a likelihood,” Khabib Nurmagomedov advised iNews a few potential return to the UFC. “Not even one % [chance] — minus [percentage].”
“If you happen to guys want champions, I’m serving to my brothers to develop into champions,” Khabib Nurmagomedov defined. “We have now Islam (Makhachev), champion. We have now Umar (Nurmagomedov), subsequent contender. We have now Usman (Nurmagomedov) champion. We have now a whole lot of champions, You guys by no means going to overlook me as a result of in our crew, in our fitness center, we create champions. You guys going to [always have] champion [from the camp], don’t fear about this.”
