Teammate of Khamzat Chimaev responds to recent criticism from Khabib

04 October 2022

Khabib Nurmagomedov attracted heat recently for his comments about Khamzat Chimaev. The former UFC champion noted that Khamzat Chimaev should have Muslims in his circle and noted that not having Muslims around him is the reason why Khamzat missed weight for his last fight.

Khamzat’s teammate Reza Madadi has now responded to the former UFC champion. Reza wrote an open letter on his Instagram page addressing Khabib recently and noted that even Muslims make mistakes. You can see the message from Reza below.

Dear @khabib_nurmagomedov , my muslim brother ❤️????????

Firstly I would like say I have a huge respect for you as an athlete and for all your achievements in our beloved sport of MMA. I am also very proud of how you represent our religion, belief and God in all your interviews and appearances.

But, I would like to give my point on your opinion on @khamzat_chimaev not having a muslim team around him and that was supposed to be the reason of him missing the weight. I have to disagree with you on this part.

Not only have Khamzat had muslim friends and teammates such as me around him from day 1, but also from many other religions and backgrounds, The have been people that have been with him from the start, giving him love, sharing blood, sweat and joy and done everything to bring him to where he is now.

Being a muslim doesn’t mean we are perfect and flawless, trust me, I have done many mistakes in my life as many people know,

With all due respect, so have you.

So mentioning having muslim team will make you perfect, I have to disagree, having a team that cares about you. in good times and bad times, no matter what belief or religion they have is far more important. And that is something Khamzat has.

There are several issues that made Khamzat miss the weight but those reasons stay in the team. But he is still young and he will learn from his mistakes.

If a big Champion like you, did learn from your mistake when you missed weight, I have no doubt that our brother Khamzat will do as well. #مهساامينى

Khabib even acknowledged the letter from Reza and noted that he agreed with whatever Reza wrote on the social media platform.

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