Khabib Proceeds Doubling Down On Retirement Despite White’s Promises

If Khabib Nurmagomedov is not truly retired, as Dana White insists to be the scenario, another person could want to tell that to Khabib himself.

Following his submission victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, Khabib Nurmagomedov retired at 29- in front of a global viewers. I read it. Certainly, if you’re reading through this, you listened to it. The entire environment listened to it. That is, other than for Dana White. Dana White swears that Khabib was just caught up in the feelings of moment and is not really retired. He referenced personal conversations with the lightweight champion to again up that assertion. When we are not privy to what was talked over amongst White and Nurmagomedov, what is for certain is that Khabib’s tone pursuing these non-public talks differs very significantly from White’s.

“You can fight until eventually you’re 40 but there need to be a aim,” Nurmagomedov said in a recent Q&A as transcribed by RT Activity. “I had a objective to attain the summit and I acquired there. Additional, I have no competitive fascination. “Next yr I will graduate. I’d like to [build on] my thesis, do a masters system, dedicate far more time to finding out. “I’ve bought sheep, I are likely to my farm. I’d like to create in this field a minor. I have the bull calves out to feed, I have cows.”

Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier has been verified to consider spot at UFC 257 in January, and with Khabib retiring, it would make feeling to many for that bout to be built both an interim lightweight title struggle or an official title struggle. White insists that the retirement is not ultimate, however, so Khabib will continue being the light-weight champion until White comes to terms with the retirement or Khabib ultimately proves White’s optimism correct. Khabib has hardly ever been just one to say a person factor privately and another publicly even though White has produced the opposite reputation, so it would attention-grabbing if White’s term turns out to be the more accurate eyesight of Khabib’s future.

In White’s defense, Khabib’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz, did not too long ago publish a cryptic social media submit that read through only “30-,” and even responded to this incredibly story with a tweet hours in the past that go through “Fake News,” so it is probable that he and White know something that we really don’t and that the normally candid Khabib Nurmagomedov is keeping a massive secret near to the vest.

Do you believe that Khabib Nurmagomedov will goal for 30- right before a new lightweight champion is crowned?