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‘Mom’s plan’: Khabib’s coach says UFC famous person will not come again with out the approval of his mom (VIDEO)
With the entire excited speak across the sport relating to the doable comeback of Khabib Nurmagomedov, the UFC star’s coach urged folks to pump the brakes just a bit.
Head coach of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, Javier Mendez, has taken on head coach duties with Khabib following the premature loss of life of his father and coach, Abdulmanap, final yr.
And the previous kickboxing star-turned-MMA coach stated that he agreed with Khabib’s assertion that he would want to have a particular combat in entrance of him to coax him out of retirement.
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However he additionally made a vital level – he’d have to get his mom’s permission first.
“I agree (it must be a particular combat for him to come back again). However we even have to recollect one factor: he has to get his mom’s permission too,” Mendez advised RT Sport in Abu Dhabi.
“Mom’s plan. She has to approve. He can say ‘sure,’ however he has to observe mom.
“He stated, ‘I promised mom.’ Effectively, she hasn’t given permission, so far as I’m involved. The good individual that he’s, if he decides to come back again and feels somebody is worthy, he’s going to should ask mom, too.”
In fact, speak of Khabib’s doable return has reignited the hype surrounding a possible rematch towards Conor McGregor and, with each males at the moment in Abu Dhabi, Mendez stated the UFC could be nicely suggested to maintain the 2 heated rivals nicely aside.
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“I might suppose they (the UFC) would attempt to keep away from (a gathering), that will be sensible,” he stated.
“I feel 100 p.c it is sensible to keep away from these conferences… Conor as a fighter is implausible, probably the greatest I’ve ever seen, however as an individual I don’t like him, I don’t like what he does, talking about nation, faith and household. I don’t suppose they need to ever come into play for the combat sport. Discuss trash, however go away all the opposite stuff alone.
“He did his analysis and attacked all these issues, it’s form of laborious to forgive that. It’s not all enterprise, we’re speaking household right here, faith and nation. It’s laborious on folks. That’s why I actually don’t take care of him, I don’t hate him, however I don’t notably take care of him.”
McGregor, in the meantime, has tried to say that Khabib was by no means really topped UFC light-weight champion, simply because his win over the Irishman was by no means formally introduced within the octagon.
“I’m the champion,” he advised ESPN.
“Have you learnt that the unified title was by no means topped? The unified title was by no means topped that point in October 2018.
“Khabib fled the cage and left me combating together with his relations within the cage. The post-fight ceremony by no means befell.”
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