{"id":379245,"date":"2021-03-18T20:53:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T03:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=379245"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:33:50","slug":"dana-white-makes-it-official-khabib-nurmagomedov-has-retired-29-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-makes-it-official-khabib-nurmagomedov-has-retired-29-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White makes it official, Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired 29-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White made the official announcement this evening that Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from MMA with a record of 29-0.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov had announced his retirement from fighting immediately following his submission victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian superstar had cited the recent death of his father as the reason for hanging up the gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Dana White continued to hold out hope that Khabib Nurmagomedov would decide to come back and at the very least attempt to improve his overall record to a perfect 30-0.<\/p>\n<p>However, that all changed this evening when White announced that he was throwing in the towel.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/1372754396673544193<\/p>\n<p>\u201c29-0 it is.\u00a0He is &#x1f4af; officially retired. It was incredible to watch you work @TeamKhabib thank you for EVERYTHING and enjoy whatever is next my friend.\u201d &#8211; Dana White shared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov will undoubtedly go down as the greatest lightweight champion in history. During his run of excellence, \u2018The Eagle\u2019 earned stoppage victories over the likes of Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor and the aforementioned Gaethje.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_324843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324843\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324843\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-27.png\" alt=\"Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-27.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-27-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via @ufc on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dana White and company have yet to reveal who will fight for the now officially vacant lightweight world title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/report-justing-gaethje-returns-to-the-octagon-against-michael-chandler\/\">Michael Chandler<\/a> and Justin Gaethje are set to collide in the near future and Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier are also slated to rematch later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the official news that Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from mixed martial arts? And who do you think should be fighting for the vacant UFC lightweight title? Share your thoughts in the comment section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White made the official announcement this evening that Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from MMA with a record of 29-0. Nurmagomedov had announced his retirement from fighting immediately following his submission victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. The Russian superstar had cited the recent death of his father as the reason for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54469,"featured_media":288418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10114,39610],"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>Dana White makes it official, Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired 29-0 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC President Dana White made the official announcement this evening that Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from MMA with a record of 29-0.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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