Tony Ferguson thinks the student has surpassed the master.
Despite his abbreviated UFC lightweight title reign, Khabib Nurmagomedov is still considered by many to be one of the best mixed martial artists of all time. Of if your Daniel Cormier, you’d called ‘The Eagle’ a bigger sports icon than Muhammad Ali.
But as great as Khabib was, ‘El Cucuy‘ thinks Islam Makhachev is even better.
“And I think Makhachev is a better grappler, honestly,” Ferguson said in a recent interview with Helen Yee.