{"id":282996,"date":"2018-08-16T06:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T13:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282996"},"modified":"2018-08-16T06:29:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T13:29:56","slug":"anderson-silva-believes-khabib-nurmagomedov-is-currently-the-worlds-best-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-believes-khabib-nurmagomedov-is-currently-the-worlds-best-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva believes Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently the world&#8217;s best fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the opinion of former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who is one of the frontrunners in MMA&#8217;s Greatest of All Time debate, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bj-penn\/anderson-silva-considers-bj-penn-the-goat-in-mma\/\">currently<\/a> the game&#8217;s best fighter. Silva also believes former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> is in the running.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Khabib is a great fighter,&#8221; Anderson Silva said in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/5018258\/anderson-silva-next-fight-ufc-return-georges-st-pierre-middleweight-spider-kick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inquisitr<\/a>. &#8220;I\u2019m very impressed. Conor is a great fighter. Having a new generation of fighters, especially in the UFC\u2026 this is a huge company that\u2019s worked for a long time to get the great fighters in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>I think Khabib is the best, here, in this moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>High praise from the former middleweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, of course, are scheduled to fight in the main event of UFC 229 on October 6.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov will enter this fight, which is considered one of the biggest in UFC history, with an absurd, 26-0 record. He last fought in April, when he defeated last-minute replacement opponent Al Iaquinta by decision to win the lightweight title. That title was simultaneously stripped from McGregor due to hi inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is a strong 21-3 overall. He hasn&#8217;t competed in mixed martial arts since November of 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to capture the lightweight title. He did, however, compete in a headline-dominating boxing match with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather in 2017, which he lost via 10th-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva, finally, recently reached the end of an unfortunate tie-up with the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The Agency determined that Silva&#8217;s recent failed test was due to his ingestion of a tainted supplement, and suspended him one year, retroactive to October 2017. He will be eligible to fight again in October of this year.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Anderson Silva&#8217;s comments on Khabib Nurmagomedov?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/14\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the opinion of former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who is one of the frontrunners in MMA&#8217;s Greatest of All Time debate, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently the game&#8217;s best fighter. Silva also believes former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor is in the running. &#8220;Khabib is a great fighter,&#8221; Anderson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":282997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098,10089,10114],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anderson Silva believes Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently the world&#039;s best fighter | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva says he considers UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov the best fighter in the world.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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