{"id":130462,"date":"2015-02-22T05:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T13:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=130462"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:48:08","slug":"khabilov-shuts-talks-potential-fight-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/khabilov-shuts-talks-potential-fight-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabilov Shuts Down Talks Of Potential Fight Against Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/khabilov-shuts-talks-potential-fight-nurmagomedov\/khabilov-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130463\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Khabilov.png\" alt=\"Khabilov\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Khabilov.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Khabilov-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Khabilov-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Khabilov-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rustam Khabilov, and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the UFC&#8217;s biggest rising stars.  Both fighters come from Dagestan Russia, and train together frequently.<\/p>\n<p>This led to fans calling for the two men to fight one another in the Octagon, something Khabilov is very against.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/02\/rustam-khabilov-excited-for-ufc-in-russia-but-not-open-to-nurmagomedov-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo.  We\u2019re friends. We\u2019re like brothers. We\u2019re together a lot of time to train. I can\u2019t fight with him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Khabilov even went on to reject the idea of fighting Nurmagomedov, even if there was a UFC championship on the line.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to discuss his hopes of the UFC holding a card in Russia:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is my dream.  I want the UFC to come to Russia because we have a lot of fighters now in the UFC. I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think maybe (it will come in 2015), because the UFC is starting to show fights on Russian TV. Everyone now is seeing events in Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Khabilov fights Adriano Martins tonight at &#8220;UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rustam Khabilov, and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the UFC&#8217;s biggest rising stars. Both fighters come from Dagestan Russia, and train together frequently. This led to fans calling for the two men to fight one another in the Octagon, something Khabilov is very against. He spoke to MMAJunkie Radio: \u201cNo. We\u2019re friends. We\u2019re like brothers. 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