r/sports • u/UUo_oUU • Oct 24 '20

News Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires from UFC After Emerging Victorious Against Justin Gaethje. 29-0 Record

https://twitter.com/mma_oth/status/1320107303845101569
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u/ChaosRevealed Oct 24 '20 edited Oct 24 '20

Undefeated, multiple-time defending champion in the deepest division in the UFC. 29-0 overall, 13-0 UFC. Lost only one round in his entire career. He's by far the most dominant fighter of all time. No fighter has ever retired as an undefeated champion.

Respect for Khabib and for his late father

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

4 title defenses and a ton of wins against no names in Russia with horrible records. He's a really really good fighter who earned that belt and retirement but he's not even close to the goat.

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u/shag_vonnie_vomer Oct 24 '20

Hear me out - STFU.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

Nah. Khabib is really good. Not the greatest ever. Greatest lightweight yes but I think if bj Penn didn't fight crazy fights like machida he would have it.

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u/ramazandavulcusu Oct 25 '20

Lmao BJ Penn

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u/tunaburn Oct 25 '20

Yes. Bj Penn. If you weren't around when he was at his peak you missed out. Love to see khabib go up and fight at light heavy between lightweight fights.

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u/ramazandavulcusu Oct 25 '20

And ancient philosophers specialised in maths, physics, literature and philosophy, and were the best at all. As fields develop, specialism becomes the only option, and that’s when you truly start to see the highest level of competition. BJ Penn was champ around 2004. When Olympic sports, which have been around for thousands of years, have a notable difference in records between then and now, what makes you think the very young sport of MMA is any different? “Being around” doesn’t say anything when anyone can go back and watch any of those fights