Long before Khabib Nurmagomedov became one of the greatest UFC champions of all time, before he was a dominant force, before he took down opponents and bludgeoned them with ground-and-pound, he was a kid.
It’s easy to forget that the fighters we watch go to battle inside the cage, at one point, they were just kids who enjoyed being kids.
That’s what makes this video of Khabib and his fellow fighter cousins – Umar Nurmagomedov and Abubakar Nurmagomedov – sitting around and having a laugh at the breakfast table while being filmed as children so fascinating to watch.
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Family is so important to Khabib. It’s why he retired while still in his prime, making a promise to his mother that he would no longer fight after the untimely death of his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.
Seeing this video of Khabib at a family gathering surrounded by cousins reaffirms that sentiment.
