Khabib Nurmagomedov and his father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov (Photos ... of all the incredible guys he’s beaten to get to the belt, and the guys he’s beaten while holding it.” ...

Five years after Khabib vacated the strap, retiring as champion after the death of his father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov ... the gleam of welterweight gold has caught his eye, and like ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has kept ... crown to bring the 155-pound gold back to Dagestan. With it recently being made official that Makhachev has now vacated the belt in order to move up to ...

But the UFC interim champion simply had no interest — remaining strictly loyal to his father and his tight-knit team in the UK. Receiving comparisons to Khabib Nurmagomedov for this fact ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has cleared up the situation atop the lightweight division, insisting that Islam Makhachev will not move up to challenge Belal Muhammad for the welterweight belt. In February ...

and a loss for the champion could enable Makhachev to vie for welterweight gold after all. “If Della Maddalena was the champion, Islam would fight him for sure,” Nurmagomedov said.