Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father and longtime mentor, Abdulmanap, passed away in a Moscow hospital on Friday following complications caused by the coronavirus infection.
The news was first announced by Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, who posted his condolences on his Telegram social media page.
“Sad news reached me, friends, that Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov left this world. I sincerely condole the whole Chechen people to the family of Abdulmanap Magomedovich! He left us, leaving behind a good name and raising a worthy generation,” Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel .
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, 57, was transported from his native Dagestan to a military hospital in Moscow in April after falling ill with pneumonia and flu-like symptoms, which was later confirmed to be COVID-19.