Take a look at an unseen video of Khabib Nurmagomedov winning World Sambo Championship
Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from mixed martial arts competition in 2020, shortly after choking out Justin Gaethje to defend his lightweight title in the UFC. He gave an emotional farewell speech. This victory brought his overall record to a perfect 29-0, secured the number one spot in the pound-for-pound rankings for the men’s division of the UFC, and ensured that ‘The Eagle’ would be remembered as one of the best fighters who had ever competed inside the Octagon.
Prior to competing in the UFC, Nurmagomedov was a two-time Combat Sambo world champion.
In 2010, Khabib Nurmagomedov took home the gold in the -82 kg weight class. This victory followed the previous year’s gold medal performance in the -74 kg category. For the record, Nurmagomedov also took first place at the 2009 Russian Combat Sambo Championships. When Nurmagomedov won his first Sambo gold, he was already a perfect 4-0 in mixed martial arts. After going undefeated on the regional Russian scene for 16 fights, he made his UFC debut in 2012.
‘The Eagle’ can be seen in the video, clearly exhilarated by his performance and collects some money thrown on the mats by some fans.
Russian autocrat who sponsored Khabib Nurmagomedov sentenced to nineteen years in prison
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s sponsor and Russian autocrat Ziyavudin Magomedov has been sentenced to prison for nineteen years on embezzlement and organized crime charges. The news was reported by investigative journalist Karim Zidan.
According to a report that was published on Thursday by Interfax, a court in Moscow has sentenced former billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov to 19 years in prison with the highest level of security for the crimes of stealing state funds and organising a criminal group.
Ziyavudin Magamedov, age 54, amassed his fortune during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev by founding and becoming the primary owner of Summa, a Russian holding company that unites companies in a variety of strategic sectors including port logistics, telecommunications, and oil transport. Magomedov built his fortune as a result of his role as Summa’s founder and owner.
Summa had a stake in a number of important infrastructure and development projects, including the construction of a football World Cup stadium in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and oil transfer operations in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, both of which were featured in the highly secretive case against the businessman. In addition, Summa had a stake in the construction of a football World Cup stadium in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
Magomedov was arrested prior to Khabib Nurmagomedov”s lightweight title fight against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223. Nurmagomedov urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to “help” Magomedov and release him:
”Our elder brother, co-owner of our team Ziyavudin Magomedov, is in a difficult situation. He was very helpful to me and other athletes from Russia. Now he has problems, but I want him to know that we, the athletes, are praying for him. I believe that this situation will soon be resolved. I hope that our leader Vladimir Putin will help him. I want to congratulate him on the victory in the last election.”
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