{"id":287632,"date":"2018-10-10T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=287632"},"modified":"2018-10-10T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:08:24","slug":"video-vladimir-putin-congratulates-khabib-nurmagomedov-on-his-win-at-ufc-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-vladimir-putin-congratulates-khabib-nurmagomedov-on-his-win-at-ufc-229\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Vladimir Putin congratulates Khabib Nurmagomedov on his win at UFC 229"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Putin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Putin<\/a> meets and congratulates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KhabibNurmagomedov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KhabibNurmagomedov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC229?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC229<\/a> win over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ConorMcGregor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ConorMcGregor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GVe5meQroN\">https:\/\/t.co\/GVe5meQroN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xy3wTM3vhP\">pic.twitter.com\/Xy3wTM3vhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1050111224984166400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Vladimir Putin: How are you feeling?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Khabib Nurmagomedov: I&#8217;m fine, only my feet hurt a bit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Putin: Congratulations on the victory! I would like to thank your father here for raising such a great fighter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov: He wasn&#8217;t easy when he was a kid, but he turned out fine in the end.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Putin: Perhaps if he were easy he wouldn&#8217;t become such a fighter. We&#8217;ve been watching you closely and rooting for you. I am going to ask your father to cut you some slack.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because what matters most is that you fought like a fighter and you won. You won decisively and with dignity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Khabib: I hope the [Nevada State] Athletic Commission will rule in our favor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Putin: Well what can I say about that? We all understand that it was a provocation and I&#8217;m sure your father understands that too. That it was done to use it against you in the fight. I believe that all of us in our country are one big family. And no matter what happens we need to try and avoid rashness like charging someone regardless of what&#8217;s going on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anything can happen in a family but we never allow ourselves to cross the line. Of course, if someone attacks us from the outside then all of us&#8230;not just you, can charge them and there could be hell to pay. But it&#8217;s best to avoid such course of action *laughs*.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I wish you continued success in your career.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Khabib: Thank you.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To say that current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-229-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-stops-conor-mcgregor-video\/\">big title defending victory<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> at UFC 229 was huge would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-says-ufc-229-did-way-over-2-million-pay-per-view-buys\/\">Projected to be the most viewed pay-per-view event in UFC history<\/a>,\u00a0Nurmagomedov shined bright inside the cage only for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-khabib-nurmagomedov-jumps-the-cage-and-attacks-dillon-danis\/\">post fight antics<\/a> to cast a cloud over his dominant performance.<\/p>\n<p>As he still awaits his possible fine and suspension from the Nevada\u00a0State Athletic Commission along with his 2 million dollar fight purse, it hasn&#8217;t stopped &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; from celebrating the big win back in his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day that fighters get to visit the president after a victory inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 10\/10\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Putin meets and congratulates #KhabibNurmagomedov on #UFC229 win over #ConorMcGregor https:\/\/t.co\/GVe5meQroN pic.twitter.com\/Xy3wTM3vhP &mdash; RT (@RT_com) October 10, 2018 Vladimir Putin: How are you feeling? Khabib Nurmagomedov: I&#8217;m fine, only my feet hurt a bit. Putin: Congratulations on the victory! I would like to thank your father here for raising such a great fighter. 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