Khabib Nurmagomedov Quotes

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 20, 1988

I don't fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

I never fight for the money, but every person is different.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

I know America is very nice and very good people. I'm a professional athlete. I come here. I never have a problem with somebody about my religion, about my name. I am happy. I'm always comfortable because I never do anything wrong. All the time I do something right. I follow all the rules.

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I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.

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I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.

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My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.

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I care about my legacy.

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I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.

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I'm from Dagestan, I'm born in Dagestan, and Dagestan is a different level for people living a tough life, people living in the mountains.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.

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I think about only me.

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I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.

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I don't think I'm a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I'm a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I'm a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.

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I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.

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I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base here, and I have more than a billion Muslim fans. I feel I represent these guys all around the world. My fans. This gives me very good energy. When I go to the cage, I think about these people.

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I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it, but I go very slowly, be careful, because I don't want to give him injury.

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Next fight? If the UFC tell me, 'What do you want?' I'm going to say Tony Ferguson.

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