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Undisputed mild heavyweight boxing champion Dmitry Bivol believes a road struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov wouldn’t final lengthy.
Dmitry Bivol and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the best fight sports activities athletes to come back out of Russia in recent times. The 2 combating dynamos dominated most of their profession opponents apart from Bivol’s controversial loss to Artur Beterbiev in October.
MMA and boxing are two distinctive fight sports activities disciplines. Whereas Bivol holds a definite benefit together with his hanging, Nurmagomedov is arguably the best wrestler to ever compete within the cage.
If Bivol and Nurmagomedov have been competing in a road struggle, Bivol acknowledges that it might be onerous to think about it going properly in his favor.
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Dmitry Bivol makes a stunning admission a few fantasy struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov
Throughout a latest interview, Bivol was requested how he’d match up in opposition to Nurmagomedov in a no-holds-barred struggle.
“[LAUGHS] To be trustworthy, MMA is nearer to a road struggle. No level in hiding it,” Bivol acknowledged.
For Nurmagomedov, the one particular person he’d be keen to face off with in a road struggle is Conor McGregor. Nurmagomedov and McGregor had one of many darkest buildups to a UFC struggle in fight sports activities historical past, forward of Nurmagomedov’s submission win at UFC 229.
As for Bivol, he’d had cordial buildups to most of his fights throughout his illustrious profession within the ring. His rivalry with Beterbiev was the closest factor to getting private for Bivol, and a trilogy struggle between the 2 sides appears inevitable after their latest prompt basic rematch.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov nearing potential MMA teaching retirement
Nurmagomedov has taken off as an MMA coach since retiring from combating in 2020. He dropped the gloves after a profitable light-weight title protection in opposition to Justin Gaethje at UFC 254.
Since then, Nurmagomedov has advised some of the top talents in MMA, together with UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev and his cousin Umar. However Nurmagomedov may probably be in his ultimate months of teaching.
Nurmagomedov acknowledged that when his present understudies are finished competing, he’ll walk away from coaching with out trying again. It’s a stunning admission given Nurmagomedov’s fast ascent as one of many biggest coaches in fight sports activities.
Nurmagomedov urged his one-time rival Tony Ferguson to retire after Ferguson’s loss to Michael Chiesa. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson have been scheduled to struggle a number of instances of their careers, however in a weird coincidence, the struggle by no means got here to fruition resulting from a wide range of points.
Within the meantime, Bivol stays in his bodily prime and seems set to face both David Benavidez or Beterbiev for his subsequent undisputed title protection. Bivol and Nurmagomedov appear cordial, and a possible road struggle is nothing greater than a fantasy.
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