I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI never fight for the money, but every person is different.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVGive me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI don’t fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVWhen I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it, but I go very slowly, be careful, because I don’t want to give him injury.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVNext fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVMy style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVThese guys talk when I’m injured, but when I’m healthy, where are these guys? Tony or Conor, it doesn’t matter. Or maybe they’re going to fight it each other? It doesn’t matter.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI’m from Dagestan, I’m born in Dagestan, and Dagestan is a different level for people living a tough life, people living in the mountains.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVOf course I am tough, but I am smart, too. I’m more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVWhere is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI think about only me.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVYou have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVThey’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.
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