Khabib Nurmagomedov doubles down on Dagestan being superior to Eire in MMA: ‘The details communicate for themselves’

Khabib Nurmagomedov desires everybody to know relating to how a lot better Dagestani fighters are than Irish fighters, he didn’t stutter.

This previous Thursday, an interview with Nurmagomedov was posted by the PFL by which Nurmagomedov took a shot at Ireland’s MMA athletes forward of the nation’s rising star Paul Hughes difficult Nurmagomedov’s teammate Usman Nurmagomedov for the Bellator light-weight title on Jan. 25.

“Eire don’t have fighters, brother,” Khabib stated. “Let’s be trustworthy. What number of fighters are you aware from Eire? Paul Hughes and Conor [McGregor] and who else? There isn’t any fighters.”

That drew a response from England’s Darren Till, who tweeted that Eire is, comparatively talking, “approach forward” of Russia as a result of inhabitants distinction between the 2 nations.

Nurmagomedov adopted up on his preliminary feedback through social media.

“You possibly can say no matter you need, but when we’re speaking about details, you possibly can’t examine Irish fighters with fighters from Dagestan,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “We dominate novice MMA, and it’s not even shut—not simply in comparison with Irish fighters however the entire world. I’m completely assured that if we had been to prepare a workforce vs. workforce matchup, Dagestan would defeat a world workforce in novice MMA.

“And relating to skilled MMA, we’ve champions, contenders, and ranked fighters in each main league. Present me Irish fighters who’re at the moment title contenders within the high 3 MMA promotions. At greatest, you would possibly be capable of title 1 or 2 fighters.”

Nurmagomedov speaks from expertise, having reigned as UFC light-weight champion from 2018-2020 and ending his illustrious profession with a spotless 29-0 file. His teammate Islam Makhachev is at the moment within the midst of his personal dominant run atop the UFC’s 155-pound ladder, whereas Usman can be undefeated heading into his combat with Hughes, and Umar Nurmagomedov (Usman’s older brother and Khabib’s cousin) is ready to problem UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 on Jan. 18.

Khabib’s feud with Irish star Conor McGregor is likely one of the most notable in MMA historical past, with Nurmagomedov defeating McGregor at UFC 229 in October 2018. Eire continues to supply high quality fighters, together with Hughes and UFC welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry. Nonetheless, none have come near reaching McGregor’s success.