Former UFC lightweight champion and pound-for-pound No. 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov has only been retired for eight months but is already missing the adrenaline rush of fighting.
That’s according to Khabib’s longtime coach and mentor, Javier Mendez, who claims that Nurmagomedov is struggling to adjust to normal life outside of the Octagon.
Mendez shares a special bond with Khabib and hinted that his prized student wants to come out of retirement but would first need his mother’s blessing. ‘The Eagle’ promised his family that he would never fight again following the tragic passing of his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, last year.