NGÔI ĐỀN HUYỀN THOẠI | KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

On October 24, a shocking news spread all over the newspapers. The greatest UFC fighter in the world, Khabib Nurmagomedov, has officially announced his retirement. Ending a glorious era with more than 2 years as a UFC champion, going through 29 defeats, and being selected by Fight Matrix as the greatest fighter of all time. After this, let's follow the story of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Khabib Nurmagomedov is an Avar native, born on September 20, 1988, in a small house in Sidi, in the Tumandinsk region of Dagestan. After 1991, when the Soviet Union decommissioned Dagestan, it was officially separated into the Republic of Dagestan. However, the situation in the hometown of Khabib is still very unstable, as this area is constantly subjected to attacks by military forces from Chechnya. Born in a harsh environment where the risk of war is always a threat, Khabib Nurmagomedov had to learn how to defend himself from an early age to be able to respond in time to situations and ensure his safety. One lucky thing about the year 1988, when the Nurmagomedov family has a long tradition of martial arts. Khabib's grandfather was a free fighter, his uncle was a world champion, while his father, Abdulmanap, was the first martial arts teacher in Khabib's life. Khabib's European childhood is associated with practicing martial arts with his father and brothers in the streets of Sidi. According to Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, Khabib learned martial arts in parallel with school, and with the enthusiastic support of his brother, Magomed, and his younger brother, Nazmuddin. The skill of the star of the year 1988 has also grown since then. Explaining why Khabib has been practicing martial arts since he first practiced, reporter Karim Zidan of The Guardian revealed in a series of interviews that although most children in Sidi do not have parents, sports athletes are all enjoying it. However, the fact that children learn martial arts from a very young age like Khabib is not strange in the community of Dagestan. Most children know how to fight on the street since they were very young, and when they are a little older, around 8-10 years old, most of them will try their best in martial arts. Especially at the age of 5-9 years old, Khabib made his friend move to Russia when performing martial arts with a bear in a zoo near his house. Speaking of why Khabib practiced martial arts so dangerously, his uncle, Abdul Nasir, recalled, At that time, our neighbor, Mr. Salovich, bought two bears, one was dead, and the other was alive. Basically, children like animals, so Khabib often played with that bear. In the video clip, everything was just a joke at first, but later, when Khabib brought the skill into the wild, that fight became a real martial arts battle, Under the guidance of his father, Khabib practiced hard every day with his brothers, and practiced martial arts with the bear in the zoo. Khabib's martial arts skills were constantly improving. And then, when he reached puberty, Abdulmanap decided to train his son to become a master of MMA. Khabib's family moved to the capital of Dagestan, where the training conditions were better, so that his father could help him take new steps in his career. Here, Khabib had the opportunity to practice with new fighting styles, similar to traditional martial arts such as Sambo and Judo. Before that, in the year 1988, he was familiar with classic martial arts, as well as street-style fights in the countryside. Therefore, when he began to experience traditional martial arts like Judo, he was a bit confused, and apparently could not like it at all. However, according to Abdulmanap, Khabib needed to acquire good Judo skills to learn how to fight in martial arts before mastering other skills. In 2008, when he officially reached the age of 20, Khabib had his first MMA fight in his career with a fight with Wusam Bayramov at CSFU Champions League in Hainan. With a better win rate, the fighter from Dagestan did not face any difficulties and won the fight after 2 minutes and 20 seconds with a perfect triangle choke. Coincidentally, in his last fight in his career against Justin Galea, Khabib also knocked down the opponent with 9 triangle chokes that he used in his first MMA fight. Back to Khabib's professional fights, Abdulmanap, Khabib's father's master, and his unstoppable training ability, as well as his natural talent, have been confirmed. He has won in a row for 3 years, from 2008 to 2011, turning all Eastern European martial arts, such as M-1 or Pro FC, and has 16 fights that have never been defeated. In front of those impressive achievements, UFC has been particularly attracted by Khabib. They immediately signed a contract for a fight from Dagestan. And after the discussion with his father, Abdulmanap, Khabib's father, decided to join UFC, which will bring his career to the top of glory, as well as being recognized as one of the greatest martial artists of this tournament. Khabib's UFC debut was on January 20, 2012, with a fight with Iranian martial artist Kamal Salahoud. Although there were some difficulties before the fight, Khabib did not have the title of Prince 34, but with a tight neck, after being perfectly executed in the 3rd round, Khabib was an opponent who had to fight to win, and won the title, just like the first title in UFC. To reach the peak, a 88-year-old fighter continued to overcome Clayson Tibor and Thiago Tavares. Especially in the fight with Alben Trujillo at UFC 160, Khabib set a record at that time, when there were 21 successful opponents after 28 attacks. Statistics show that Khabib's ability to lead the fight to the top of the world can come from Dagestan. At the beginning of the fight with Pat Haley at UFC 165, Khabib's effective technique continued to play an important role, helping him to win the 4th consecutive title at UFC, and increasing his undefeated record in his career to number 21. Seeing Khabib's impressive performance, President Dana White emphasized that Khabib's way of striking the opponent reminds me of the fighting style of the legendary Matt Hughes, the UFC champion and welterweight. Khabib can enter anyone's heart and knock anyone down just like Matt Hughes. This kid is really interesting and I think we can do great things with this Khabib kid. In the next period, in the expected Dagestan fight, there will be confrontations with face-to-face opponents such as Donald Trump, Tony Ferguson, or even the lightweight boxer Eddie Alvarez. Michael Johnson, or Edson Barbosa. Although Khabib won the fight to continue his impressive career at UFC, however, in 165-88, Khabib was still in a slump when he was not recognized to conquer an unbeaten title at MMA number 1 on the planet. The opportunity came very close to Khabib when he was about to become the opponent of the lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, but in the end, he was chosen as the challenger instead of Khabib. The decision from the organization made the fight in Dagestan seem very angry and he was angry on the social media. I can't believe it when a fighter like Eddie refused the fight. Then one day, I made Eddie and Conor McGregor kneel down and beg for mercy. As for UFC, Khabib won the fight when Tony Ferguson and Max Holloway were chosen to be the opponents at UFC 223. However, the injury made Ferguson and Holloway unable to participate in the fight and Al Iaquinta was chosen as the replacement. Notably, as the lightweight champion was still in a slump, the winner of this fight was Eddie Alvarez. After 5 fights, Al Iaquinta became the lightweight champion and officially became the champion after 6 years of fighting in MMA. However, Khabib's journey was not over yet. At that time, he had to protect his reputation from the provocation of other challengers. The first face to come was Conor McGregor, but the fight at UFC 229 was very intense. Although Khabib won in the first 2 rounds, in the 3rd round, Khabib let Conor win. Notably, it was the first time that Khabib and McGregor faced each other in a fight. However, Khabib won Conor in the 4th round with a hook from the back. The defense was unbeatable, and the fight ended with a bad ending. After Conor's recovery, Noam Agumedo attacked Conor's opponent Dillon Danis with the same tactics as before. Immediately, McGregor and Danis retaliated. On the ring, Khabib was also attacked. Danis was still unconscious after the hook. The fight ended with a bad ending. However, the fight between Khabib and Conor was the most popular event with 2.4 million views. Khabib was impressed by McGregor and received a lot of support from fans and media. In Dagestan, Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov welcomed Khabib and praised him. With Khabib's experience after the fight, he was more calm during the next fight against Dustin Poirier. The fight at UFC 242 in Dagestan was impressive as Poirier lost after a hook in the 3rd round. Khabib's victory helped Khabib win his second title after the fight against Edson Barbosa at UFC 29. The fighter also exchanged shirts with Poirier. The shirt was sold for $100,000 and the whole process was overseen by Danis. Khabib's career continued as a new challenger for the title. Finally, after 9 months, Tony Ferguson was chosen as the main event of UFC 254. At this time, McGregor was in shock after his father Abdulmanap died at the hospital after the fight. After that, the spokesman of the Russian office Dmitry Peskov said that President Vladimir Putin asked for the funeral of Abdulmanap. For Khabib, he said it was a big loss but I will turn this loss into strength. I will be stronger than my brothers. Khabib won an impressive victory at UFC 254 after beating Chelsin Guerreir with a barricade and successfully defended his lightweight title. According to the UFC champion Daniel Cormier, McGregor used the barricade instead of the familiar hand to recover Guerreir because he was afraid he would lose the fight. After beating Chelsin Guerreir in 1988, McGregor said this was his last fight without his father. When UFC called me to fight Chelsin, I told my mom that I didn't want to fight without my father. I promised my mom that this would be my last fight Chelsin Guerreir said this was the saddest moment of his life but he still did what he wanted to do. He said his father was proud of him. After the professional fight, Chelsin Guerreir was the best fighter in the UFC and he was the best weightlifter of all time. Khabib also set other records such as the longest weightlifting record of 931 days beating the legendary P.J. Penn with 812 days being the number one weightlifter in a fight with 21 wins after 28 losses in a fight with Abel Trujillo in UFC 160 Chelsin Guerreir had the most wins in the UFC 12 wins with Tony Ferguson had the most losses in the UFC 3 times in the UFC 2nd place in the UFC with the most losses 3 times with John Jones Chelsin Guerreir was the best weightlifter in the UFC and he was the number one weightlifter in a fight with Abel Trujillo in UFC 160 Chelsin Guerreir was the best weightlifter in the UFC