{"id":291394,"date":"2018-11-14T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=291394"},"modified":"2018-11-14T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:23:11","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-calls-recent-aid-work-in-africa-a-childhood-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-calls-recent-aid-work-in-africa-a-childhood-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov calls recent aid work in Africa a &#8216;childhood dream&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just over a month removed from his massive submission defeat of former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, undefeated UFC lightweight kingpin Khabib Nurmagomedov headed to Nigeria. The purpose of his visit, per a post on the UFC&#8217;s official Instagram post, is to &#8220;help build medical facilities and fix water wells around the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his own Instagram page, the lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gave a bit more information on this visit to Nigeria. He says the trip is the realization of a &#8216;childhood dream,&#8217; and that there are more projects in the country underway.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqK5HqIg5uM\/<\/p>\n<p><em>It was my childhood dream and I was praying God to give an opportunity to help people in Africa.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Alhamdulillah he responded to my Dua\u2019s &#x1f932;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>InshaLlah I\u2019m going to come back here in 4 months to launch few projects that we already targeted.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>May God &#x1f932; make our intentions sincere and by his mercy lead us to heaven. &#8211; Khabib Nurmagomedov.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With his defeat of Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov improved to a flawless 27-0 overall. Other highlights of his record include lopsided defeats of top flight foes in Edson Barboza, Michael Johnson and Rafael dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>While the UFC lightweight champion has recently been linked to bouts with undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather, former UFC welterweight middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre, and former ONE and Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren, it&#8217;s sounding increasingly likely like his next fight will be a long-awaited battle with Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov and Ferguson have been scheduled to fight a whopping four times previously to no avail. Despite these many hiccups, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-wants-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-next-dismisses-talk-of-mayweather-mcgregor-fights\/\">it sounds like UFC President Dana White is ready to try the matchup again.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a fight fan, you\u2019ve got to go with Tony,\u201d White told ESPN last month. \u201cTony had the belt, tweaked his knee, got stripped, this fight happens \u2014 Tony never lost the [interim] belt in a fight. Neither did Conor, but Conor got the opportunity to actually fight. I think Tony deserves the next shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s volunteer efforts in Nigeria?<\/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 11\/14\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over a month removed from his massive submission defeat of former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor, undefeated UFC lightweight kingpin Khabib Nurmagomedov headed to Nigeria. 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