Khabib Nurmagomedov doubles down on Dagestan being superior to Ireland in MMA: ‘The facts speak for themselves’

Khabib Nurmagomedov needs everybody to know relating to how significantly better Dagestani fighters are than Irish fighters, he didn’t stutter.

This previous Thursday, an interview with Nurmagomedov was posted by the PFL during which Nurmagomedov took a shot at Eire’s MMA athletes forward of the nation’s rising star Paul Hughes difficult Nurmagomedov’s teammate Usman Nurmagomedov for the Bellator light-weight title on Jan. 25.

“Eire don’t have fighters, brother,” Khabib stated. “Let’s be sincere. What number of fighters have you learnt from Eire? Paul Hughes and Conor [McGregor] and who else? There isn’t a fighters.”

That drew a response from England’s Darren Until, who tweeted that Eire is, comparatively talking, “method forward” of Russia as a result of inhabitants distinction between the 2 international locations.

Nurmagomedov adopted up on his preliminary feedback by way of social media.

“You’ll be able to say no matter you need, but when we’re speaking about info, you possibly can’t examine Irish fighters with fighters from Dagestan,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “We dominate beginner MMA, and it’s not even shut—not simply in comparison with Irish fighters however the entire world. I’m completely assured that if we have been to prepare a staff vs. staff matchup, Dagestan would defeat a world staff in beginner MMA.

“And relating to skilled MMA, we’ve got champions, contenders, and ranked fighters in each main league. Present me Irish fighters who’re at present title contenders within the high 3 MMA promotions. At greatest, you may be capable to title 1 or 2 fighters.”

Nurmagomedov speaks from expertise, having reigned as UFC light-weight champion from 2018-2020 and ending his illustrious profession with a spotless 29-0 report. His teammate Islam Makhachev is at present within the midst of his personal dominant run atop the UFC’s 155-pound ladder, whereas Usman can also be undefeated heading into his struggle with Hughes, and Umar Nurmagomedov (Usman’s older brother and Khabib’s cousin) is ready to problem UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 on Jan. 18.

Khabib’s feud with Irish star Conor McGregor is likely one of the most notable in MMA historical past, with Nurmagomedov defeating McGregor at UFC 229 in October 2018. Eire continues to provide high quality fighters, together with Hughes and UFC welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry. Nonetheless, none have come near reaching McGregor’s success.