Darren Until took to social media on Friday to problem Khabib Nurmagomedov’s latest claims that Dagestan has a lot better fighters than Eire.
Earlier this week, Khabib was interviewed in effort to advertise the upcoming PFL “Highway to Dubai” card on the finish of January. The previous UFC light-weight champion will assist nook his cousin, Usman Nurmagomedov, who will defend his Bellator MMA light-weight title in opposition to Irish sensation Paul Hughes. It’s an unbelievable matchup for PFL/Bellator as Nurmagomedov and Hughes are two of the very best fighters at present competing outdoors of UFC.
As you’ll have imagined, Khabib has been requested concerning the rivalry between Dagestani and Irish combating within the lead as much as this title battle. Keep in mind, Nurmagomedov had arguably essentially the most intense rivalry in MMA historical past when he went toe-to-toe with Eire’s Conor McGregor again in 2018. Whereas this month’s matchup between Usman and Hughes isn’t fairly on that degree it’s nonetheless bringing each nations again into the fireplace.
Nevertheless, Khabib doesn’t imagine that there’s a actual rivalry between Dagestan and Eire. The previous UFC champion claims that Eire doesn’t have any actual fighters outdoors of a handful of names, which can or is probably not true. This sparked a response from Until on Friday.
Test it out beneath and tell us what your ideas are on this Dagestan vs. Eire squabble:
I’ve at all times revered Khabib and his workforce loads they’re implausible fightersBut for him to sit down there and say fighters from Eire are low degree as compared of sizes of nations and manufacturing Eire is definitely manner forward Eire is so fucking small and Russia is so fucking…
— DT (@darrentill2) January 3, 2025
“I’ve at all times revered Khabib and his workforce loads they’re implausible fighters
However for him to sit down there and say fighters from Eire are low degree as compared of sizes of nations and manufacturing Eire is definitely manner forward
Eire is so fucking small and Russia is so fucking massive
Eire has produced wonderful fighters over time
I’d mentioned simply over dimension and manufacturing of the nation Eire wins each time and this isn’t me being biased as a result of I’m neither buddies with khabibs facet or irelands facet I’m simply stating my opinion.”
