KhabibAbdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov is a Dagestani mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) in the lightweight 155 lb division. Khabib was born on September 20, 1988. Khabib was coached by his father, ever sice he was born.

Khabib was coached by his father and he learned and practiced Sambo, a fighting style for self defense. Khabib is a two time Sambo World Champion. After competing in Sambo, at age 21, Khabib started his professional mixed martial arts and he won his first 16 fights in the Russain and European scene. After winning these 16 wins decesively, the biggest mixed martial arts companies started looking at Khabib and the UFC became very interested in him. Finally, Khabib signed with the UFC.

After signing with the UFC, the President of the UFC, Dana White said that they will do big things with Khabib and they did.

Khabib debuted in the UFC with Shalorus with a submission in the 3rd round and after that started beating opponents one by one. Then came the big opponents , Khabib fought former UFC Lightweight Champion, Rafael Dos Anjos,who used to beat everybody easily. Khabib absolutely ragdolled hima nd beat him at his own game. Then came big opponents like Michael Johnson, Edson Barboza and Khabib beat them decisively and made them quit.

After beating all these top ranked opponents, Khabib got an opportunity for the belt against Tony Ferguson, but Tony Got injured and Al Iaquinta stepped in to fight Khabib for the Lightweight Championship of the World at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York. Khabib Beat Al and became the first Russain UFC Champion and he is the first Undisputed & Undefeated Champion of the world.

What is baffling is Khabib has never lost a fight and became the undefeated champ. After becoming the UFC champion, Khabib faced another fellow UFC & global Superstar Conor Mcgregor and they had a lot of animosity betweenthem because of the things Conor said.

The fight took place on October 6, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although most people favoured Conor, Khabib dominated Conor and finished him in the 3rd round. This victory made Khabib one of the biggest stars in the world. The whole world knows him.

Khabib has a professional record of 27-0, which is absolutely unheard of in Mixed Martial Arts, no one has a record like him.

Khabib at this time is serving a ban for 9 months and he was fined $500,000 and now he is visiting the world and his fans.

Khabib is a devout Muslim and a very kind guy, he is nice to everyone, once you get to know him, you will love him. Recently, Khabib was in Nigeria because he wanted to build wells with clean water and build medical centers. The man has a heart of gold and he is a very simple man.

KHABIB "THE EAGLE" NURMAGOMEDOV

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