Khabib Nurmagomedov went out of his way to congratulate Jan Blachowicz on his victory against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259, crediting the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion for using his wrestling in the later rounds to tip the scorecards in his favor.
Nurmagomedov, who cornered Islam Makhachev to victory against Drew Dober on the UFC 259 main card, shook Blachowicz’ hand backstage and congratulated the Pole on his biggest victory to date.
“Thank you for the support,” Blachowicz told Nurmagomedov backstage at the UFC Apex center. “I appreciate it.”
“It was a great fight,” Nurmagomedov replied.