Cris Cyborg Justino of Brazil weighs in during the UFC 198 weigh-in at Arena da Baixada stadium on May 13, 2016 in Curitiba, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Khabib Nurmagomedov was by the corner of fellow Dagestanis Islam Mamedov and Usman Nurmagomedov, and Russian Gadzhi Rabadanov at Bellator 263
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s undefeated run as a coach continued as Dagestanis- Islam Mamedov and Usman Nurmagomedov, and Russian Gadzhi Rabadanov earned victories at Bellator 263.
Both Mamedov and Usman featured in the main card of Bellator 263 which was headlined by a featherweight title fight between AJ McKee and Patricio Pitbull. Gadzhi Rabadanov on the other hand took on Daniel Carey.
The powerful Rabadanov needed just one round to finish Carey with a flurry of strikes.
Mamedov took on former Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus in a lightweight bout for three rounds. The Russian was on an impressive 18-fight win streak, and was making his promotional debut.
After three rounds, the match went to the judges’ scorecard. Two judges scored 29-28 in favour of Mamedov, and he thereby earned a split decision win.
Next, it was time for the undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov vs Manny Muro. Usman who was on a 12-fight winning streak made light work of Muro, earning a first-round TKO victory.
Following the finish, he embraced his coach and cousin Khabib in what was a wholesome moment.
Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was in awe of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coaching prowess.
As the ‘Eagle’ went 8-0 up in his coaching career, Cyborg took to Twitter tagging both Khabib and his manager Ali Abdelaziz mentioning how special the Dagestani man was.
Cyborg wrote:
“Watching @TeamKhabib coach his team is really something special! @AliAbdelaziz00.”
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