Khabib Nurmagomedov is playing his cards close to his chest.
The former UFC lightweight champion refrained from sharing his thoughts on the fall of Afghanistan and its capital, Kabul, to Taliban fundamentalists during a recent press conference in Russia.
“We have never have such a serious deal neither in Russian football, not in hockey,” Nurmagomedov, who was at the press conference to promote his five-year deal with energy drink giant Gorilla Energy, responded when asked about Afghanistan. “Today we have such a deal, and I wouldn’t like to discuss this political moment that happens thousands of kilometres away.