Khabib Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov
Khabib Nurmagomedov was ecstatic after fellow Russian and friend Zubaira Tukhugov earned a win at UFC 267
With the legendary Khabib Nurmagomedov by his corner, Zubaira Tukhugov took on Ricardo Ramos in the prelims card at UFC 267.
The Russian outstruck Ramos and earned a unanimous decision win, scoring 29-28 on all three judges’ scorecards.
Earlier today, Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram to explain how he has been training with Tukhugov since time immemorial, before going on to reveal that ‘The Warrior’ had fought Ramos with an injury.
Here is what Khabib had to say: (Translated from Russian)
“We have been training together for a long time, and we have always been in the role of sparing partners, but this is how it happened last year, I quietly moved into the role of a coach, although we continue to train and fight constantly with each other.”
While Khabib did not reveal exactly what injury it was, he did say that he and his team persuaded Tukhugov to fight at a later date.
However, Tukhugov, true to his nickname, was up for it, and got the win.
A proud Khabib continued:
“I just want to say, most of all I was delighted with the victory of Zubaira, because I knew that he was fighting with an injury and understood that at any moment the injury could make itself felt, even there was a moment in the training camp, where our whole team persuaded him that the fight should be postponed.…In this fight Zubaira showed his endurance, spirit and ability to fight in a high-class position. Brother is very happy for you, now we will sign a new contract and go ahead.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov is yet to lose his 0 in his MMA coaching career.
While he retired with a perfect record of 29 wins and 0 losses in his professional fighting career, it looks like the same would continue in his career as a coach as well.
He is currently 7-0 up as a coach.
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