Khabib Nurmagomedov’s UFC career has been dogged by a series of narratives. Can he stay healthy? Can he make weight? Can he be beaten? But one of the more surprising lately has been, how long will he keep fighting?
The 29-year old Dagestani phenom is still very much in his athletic prime, and although he has an MMA career that stretches back nearly a decade, he’s shown no signs of slowing down. But, just last year, his father told reporters that he didn’t see his son fighting past the age of 30.
It was a statement that Nurmagomedov quickly shot down, in an interview on the MMA Hour, telling fans, “.