Islam Makhachev received’t be afraid to place fingers on his kids.
After dominating the light-weight division for a decade, Makhachev will look to etch his title within the historical past books at UFC 322 this Saturday evening when he challenges reigning welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena in one of the crucial anticipated title tilts of 2025.
Coached by one other former light-weight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Makhachev’s lifestyle stays rooted in his Dagestani heritage, the place religion and custom run deep.
Whereas Makhachev stays centered on his fight sports activities profession, he just lately provided some perception into his youth and the way he plans to buck fashionable parenting tendencies as his three kids (a daughter and two sons) get older.
“I’ll be simply as strict with my children as my father was with me,’ Makhachev mentioned in a video clip shared by Championship Rounds on X. “These days these psychologists say you shouldn’t yell at a child. That you may’t slap them on the bottom. They are saying it damages their psyche. Are Khabib and I psychologically broken? Each our fathers have been very strict. It’s the opposite approach round.”
Makhachev beforehand acknowledged that he would let his kids select between Judo, Sambo, or MMA after they get sufficiently old.
Maybe someday, we’ll see a second-generation Makhachev grace the UFC.
