#khabib-nurmagomedov

#khabib-nurmagomedov

Kamaru Usman has never shared the mat with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev despite being close friends with them. Usman is currently rallying for a welterweight title fight against Makhachev. Many believe the matchup is being plotted by their common manager, Ali Abdelaziz. Courtesy of Abdelaziz, Usman is a close friend of Makhachev and his mentor, Nurmagomedov. However, "The Nigerian Nightmare" surprisingly revealed that he never had the opportunity of training with either Makhachev or Nurmagomedov.

Khabib is an idol of the sport. Everyone wants to be like him, Anderson, Jon Jones, 'Poatan' - they are all great idols. When I saw him there at the PI leading a training session for his students, I took the opportunity to ask him about a takedown he does by grabbing one leg,

"He used to be a humble kid, now he's not," Makhachev told Red Corner MMA. "He himself was shocked by the way they recognized him in the U.S. Journalists were waiting in the lobby to get an interview. He went a bit too far, and Khabib slowed him down. He said, 'Chanco, don't chase the hype; the hype has to chase you.' So we slowed him down on time."

Four weeks before the fight, around 30 people are going to come and we train day and night. In the morning we train MMA, and at night we only do cardio. Maybe boxing cardio, wrestling cardio. Two hour morning, two hour night, every day we train four hours. Guys, when they come here, after one week they feel very tired and they try to talk with me, and when they're not successful, they go to Coach Javier.