Irish PFL Star: “Khabib Was Never Going To Be Nice About Us!”

Khabib’s Ongoing Battle Against The Irish

The build up to the PFL’s upcoming Road to Dubai Champions Series event on January 25th received a huge boost last week when former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who’s cousin and student Usman Nurmagomedov will face Ireland’s Paul Hughes in the main event, launched a verbal attack on the general quality of Irish MMA fighters over the years.

Nurmagomedov’s input has done wonders for the event from a marketing perspective, with the promotion leaning heavily into the “Ireland vs. Dagestan” narrative given that three of the five main card fights will be contested between natives of both nations.

This, of course, evokes memories of Khabib’s…