{"id":368896,"date":"2020-11-24T05:58:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=368896"},"modified":"2020-11-24T05:58:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:58:04","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-awarded-with-best-mom-medal-in-dagestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-awarded-with-best-mom-medal-in-dagestan\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov awarded with \u2018Best Mom\u2019 medal in Dagestan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov has been awarded an amusing &#8220;Best Mom&#8221; medal in Dagestan following his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Eagle&#8221; decided to hang up his gloves in the wake of his recent win over Justin Gaethje, taking his official record to 29-0. He did so after a discussion with his mother in which he promised to end his mixed martial arts career after the Gaethje bout.<\/p>\n<p>Then, as noted during a transcription from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/sport\/507260-khabib-best-mom-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RT.com<\/a> after a post from Khabib on Instagram, he received an entertaining gift in the form of an engraved medal in Derbent, Dagestan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Khabib Nurmagomedov Announces Retirement | UFC 254\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05HuTGeF5AA?start=31&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the medal they presented\u00a0me with in Derbent,&#8221; the fighter said, with the words saying &#8216;Best Mom&#8217; in Russian.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while Khabib may have put forward that promise to his mother, UFC president Dana White is still of the belief that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-lists-four-potential-opponents-for-khabib-nurmagomedovs-final-fight\/\">he will return to the Octagon<\/a> in an attempt to take his record to a perfect 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, Khabib\u2019s going to fight,\u201d White said (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/11\/dana-white-insists-conor-mcgregor-vs-dustin-poirier-not-for-the-title-khabib-nurmagomedov-will-fight-again-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI believe he\u2019s going to. (McGregor-Poirier is) not for the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you guys that I think he\u2019s going to go to 30 (wins),\u201d White added, referencing the fact that Nurmagomedov is still\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-reveals-he-is-still-in-the-usada-testing-pool-this-is-47-times-since-2015\/\">undergoing drug tests<\/a>\u00a0as part of the UFC\u2019s partnership with the United States Anti-Doping Agency. \u201cIf he\u2019s still testing \u2013 why the hell would you want to test still if you\u2019re not going to fight?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hasn\u2019t committed, but I feel like he\u2019s going to, and I\u2019m not really pushing him,\u201d White concluded. \u201cWe talked about it and he just fought. Let him take some time, spend some time with his family, spend the holidays. There\u2019s no rush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That kind of confidence is shared by some fans who seem to think that if Conor McGregor can beat Dustin Poirier in their January rematch, the two bitter rivals will be given the chance to square off one more time.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, there are also plenty of people out there who want to see Khabib Nurmagomedov finally go one on one with another all-time great &#8211; Georges St-Pierre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov has been awarded an amusing &#8220;Best Mom&#8221; medal in Dagestan following his retirement. &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; decided to hang up his gloves in the wake of his recent win over Justin Gaethje, taking his official record to 29-0. 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