Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals date and details for his UK Tour

LockerRoom Team
Calendar Icon18 Aug 2022

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed the dates and details for his tour in the United Kingdom. The Russian superstar revealed the same on his Twitter and revealed that he will be in the UK in September.

Hosted by Class A Events and Human Appeal, Khabib will be seen in Birmingham on 9 September 2022 and two days later, on 11 September 2022, he will be in London as well. There will be exclusive interviews, Q & A, Meet and Greet and Photo sessions with the champion. The tickets for the event are available at the Khabibuk.co.uk website.

UFC 280 is around the corner

Khabib’s visit to the United Kingdom comes a month before the highly anticipated showdown between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira at UFC 280. Islam and Charles will be competing for the UFC Lightweight title and Khabib is expected to be in the corner of Islam.

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In fact, Khabib has been involved in the build-up for the match since the beginning. He has been rallying for Islam Makhachev getting a title shot and has been engaged in some interesting comments heading into the fight.

The Eagle was also called out by a string of UFC stars including Charles Oliveira for his comments. Some fighters like Anthony Pettis and Demetrious Johnson questioned the legacy of Khabib claiming that Khabib retired too early from MMA.

UFC President Dana White shared a similar emotion when he noted that the Russian cannot be included in the Greatest Of All Time Conversation. Dana also excluded Khabib from his top five UFC Fighters of all time.

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Khabib retired from MMA with a perfect record of 29-0 to his name and was one of the most dominant fighters in the UFC. After his retirement, Khabib has been busy as a coach and a promoter with Eagle FC.

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