Khabib Nurmagomedov has repeatedly excluded that once made a UFC co -back.
The 29-0 Russian legend withdrew after choking Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in October 2020.
Khabib Nurmagomedov was only 32 years old at the time, so people were convinced that he would return to MMA.
Five years later 'The Eagle' revealed what would be for him to get back to Vecht form.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov describes 'hypothetical' comeback process
Khabib Nurmagomedov recently appeared on the Hustle Show -Podcast.
The 36-year-old claimed that he still gets comeback offers 'all the time' year after his retirement of Vechten.
One of the best light weights has ever been interested in competing again. Nurmagomedov explained the amount of work he had to do to get back to Vecht form after five years away from MMA.
“Two to three months would not be enough,” he maintained.
“If we talk purely hypothetical, right? If we are honest, it would take at least six months.
“You can not only say:” Give me for six months, I am ready “. No. To get into the form of fighting, to return to your old form, you need a lot of time. But when I still fought before I retired, I also regularly trained, and that was enough for me.
“If I got a fight, boom, I would close everything in 100 days. Totally. No travel, no meetings, no business contracts. I didn't touch anything. I told them,” Did not bother me. ” I trained in the morning and night, in the morning and night, in the morning and night and only resting on Sunday.
“If I even missed one of those two-day sessions, as I said before, I would get a panic attack, because I knew I had to fight, and it felt out of hand. Like I wasn't ready. Like that Cage door was about to close me.”
Will Khabib Nurmagomedov ever fight again?
In October 2024, Khabib Nurmagomedov provided a definitive update in the midst of strong comeback rumors.
“There is no chance. None. Not even 1 percent. Min,” he said.
Khabib added: “If you need champions, I help my brothers to become champions … We have Islam [Makhachev] As champion we have Umar [Nurmagomedov] As the next competition we have Usman [Nurmagomedov] As a champion – we have many champions.
“You will never miss me, because in our team and our gym we make champions – you will always have champions, don't worry.”