In an alternate universe, Khabib Nurmagomedov might have turn into an enormous soccer star.
As an alternative, ‘The Eagle’ was swayed by the pull of fight sports activities in his native Dagestani. After all, we already understand how that story ends. Nurmagomedov went on to amass a formidable undefeated 29-0 document in combined martial arts, together with a UFC light-weight championship reign that noticed him efficiently defend the title in opposition to Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje.
“I turned a fighter accidentally… I’m joking not accidentally,” Nurmagomedov wrote in a earlier put up on Instagram. “I’ll inform you sometime about my fascination with soccer as a toddler and the way I wrote 200 soccer names on my pocket book whereas sitting at school (within the sixth grade) (there was no Web again then).”
Regardless of going a special path, Nurmagomedov remains to be a loyal fan of the game, naming Brazil’s Ronaldo Nazario and French star Zinedine Zidane as just some of his soccer heroes.
Not too long ago, the trustworthy Actual Madrid CF fan paid tribute to 2 of the membership’s greatest stars, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham, by hanging their signature celebration poses throughout a soccer coaching session.
Jude Bellingham reacts to khabib Nurmagomedov’s tribute
Gettind wind of Nurmagomedov’s put up, Bellingham shared a screenshot of the homage on his Instagram Tales.
Nurmagomedov closed the ebook on his combined martial arts profession in 2020 and has since put his deal with coaching the subsequent era of Dagestani world champions. In that regard, ‘The Eagle’ has already discovered nice success as a coach by way of his protege, Islam Makhachev, who claimed the UFC’s 155-pound title by way of a second-round submission victory over Charles Oliveira in October 2022.
Usman Nurmagomedov, cousin of the famed UFC star, presently sits because the Bellator light-weight champion with profitable defenses in opposition to Benson Henderson, Brent Primus, and Alexander Shabliy.
There’s additionally an opportunity we may see yet one more Nurmagomedov declare gold within the close to future as Umar Nurmagomedov, the undefeated brother of Usman Nurmagomedov, is anticipated to be the primary challenger for newly minuted UFC bantamweight titleholder Merab Dvalishvili.
