Less than a month after his UFC title fight with Tony Ferguson was canceled, Khabib Nurmagomedov opened up to the media at the new Eagles MMA gym in Moscow, where he spoke exclusively to RT Sport.
On Saturday, at the opening of the latest gym bearing the Eagles MMA name in Moscow’s Fili-Davydkovo district, the question of whether Khabib – who is president of Eagles MMA – would attend was still uncertain.
Ever since his proposed fight with Ferguson was canceled – when just hours before the official weigh-in he was rushed to hospital suffering acute liver pain brought on by enforced dehydration during the weight cut – Khabib had remained closed to the media.
The Dagestani fighter made a long-awaited public appearance at a media day at the brand new gym of his Eagles MMA stable of fighters, which was announced last November in Moscow.
Back then, the team announced the signings of 6 top Russian MMA fighters – Islam Makhachev, Vitaly Minakov, Ali Bagautinov, Rasul Mirzaev, Vladimir Mineev and Sergey Pavlovich.
Since November, they have added dozens of fighters to their books, and at today's open training session, the media met with over sixty athletes at the spacious state of the art gym, decorated in its signature red.
Khabib was accompanied by his father and coach Abdulmanap.
The official part of the engagement begun when Ziyavudin Magomedov, the main sponsor of Eagles MMA main sponsor and head of the private investment company Summa Group, entered the gym’s workout area to shake the hand of every team member.
Magomedov himself took part in the training, which was led by Abdulmanap, sparring with Khabib in both wrestling and boxing.
After the impressive training of 60-plus fighters was over, Khabib took time to speak exclusively to RT Sport about the new gym, the team’s plans for the future, as well as giving his side of the story about the aborted UFC 209 bout.
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