Habib NURMAGOMEDOV: “Hungry lions will always breathe in the back”
28-year-old Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, UFC champion in the lightweight division, commented on the victory of the 31-year-old American Justin Geydzhi over 36-year-old American Tony Ferguson.
“In this sport, and especially in this weight will always be hungry lions that will you to breathe in the back, if you relax, then you’re done. Some go and others come, that’s hardly surprising.
But I used the shot will not fall. We still carry,” wrote Habib in Instagram.
Nurmagomedov should be fighting with Ferguson as part of the UFC 249, but the fight was cancelled due to pandemic coronavirus infection COVID-19.