Fighter-turned-promoter: Khabib Nurmagomedov BUYS MMA promotion Gorilla Preventing Championship for $1 MILLION – report

UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has made his first main transfer to proceed his affiliation with MMA after his retirement by shopping for Russian MMA promotion Gorilla Preventing Championship, based on reviews.

The promotion, higher generally known as GFC, operates out of Khabib’s native Dagestan, and final staged an occasion, GFC 29, on October 16, with two extra exhibits set to happen on Dec. four and 19 to spherical out its 2020 schedule.

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However now, based on Russian journalist Azamat Bostanov, Khabib has bought the GFC promotion, which might be renamed Eagle Preventing Championship (EFC). The acquisition worth? $ 1 million.

In response to Bostanov, the promotion is not going to simply endure a reputation change, it can additionally function otherwise to earlier than, with the group focusing on further occasions exterior of Russia, with Arabian territories and, probably the USA, on the listing of attainable host nations.

The information might shed some gentle on the “one thing attention-grabbing” Khabib plans to debate with UFC president Dana White, with a partnership with the UFC to have the newly-branded EFC exhibits streamed worldwide on UFC Combat Go a definite risk.

Particulars of the deal are anticipated to be confirmed at Khabib’s Dec. 2 press convention in Moscow.

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