Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed that his new training center in Dagestan was paid from his historic fight against Conor McGregor.
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were involved in the greatest rivalry in the UFC history when they collided in the lightweight title at UFC 229, with Nurmagomedov at the top.
Despite the rivalry that goes back to 2018, the two have been fighting online since then, but luckily they have not been eye to eye since their collision in the UFC.
Nurmagomedov withdrew shockingly from the UFC in 2020 after a dominant entry victory over Justin Gaethje, and now continues his estate as one of the best coaches in the sport.
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And with 'The Eagle' for a few years now in his term of office as a full -time coach, he has built a huge, new, breathtaking training facility in the mountains of Dagestan.
Khabib coaches, among others, Islam Makhachev, Umar Nurmagomedov and Usman Nurmagomedov, and will try to coach Makhachev later this year to a title in a second division.
Khabib follows in the footsteps of his late father, because Abdulmanap was the head coach of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov School, the gym is who have trained various Dagestani stars.
The training center was built in the mountains of Dagestan in a village called Sildi, which is the native village of Khabib, and would have been built for the next generation of MMA 'Problem Solvers'.
I arrived in Sildi, the birth village of Khabib-Het is a 5-hour drive from Makhachkala. A brand new training base has been built here for the next generation of MMA “Problem Solvers”. I believe that this place will be a place for those who are really serious about leveling. pic.twitter.com/5irjvvvfja
– Adam Zubayraev (@adamzubayraev) May 20, 2025
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And now, responding to the opening of his training center, Khabib has credited his martial breasts against McGregor because he could open such a large facility.
“Floated to America, participated in the biggest confrontation in the history of martial arts, put someone in each other that I didn't like (and they even paid me for it) and invested it on arrival at home in this beautiful corner of Dagestan,” Khabib said in a statement about his Instagram story.
“This training basis has an interesting history. And I would like to add one more thing, I will not recoup these investments in my life, and I don't have and I have no goal of doing this. My goal was different,” he went on.
Khabib Nurmagomedov lost $ 2 million for fighting after the fight with McGregor
Although it is unclear how much Khabib made of his historical fight against McGregor, the Irishman claimed that he earned more than $ 50 million for the event.
What is known, however, is that the Russian lightweight eventually lost $ 2 million to his fighting base after he had been fined for the post-Vecht Melee who went down.