UFC legend Bas Rutten thinks Khabib Nurmagomedov could be in for the fight of his life against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254.
The former multiple-promotion MMA champion thinks Gaethje has the stamina, wrestling and, perhaps most importantly, tenacity to push Nurmagomedov to his limits and break the undefeated Dagestani in the octagon on October 24.
“I think [Gaethje] could be the guy who beats [Khabib],” Rutten told Submission Radio in a recent interview. “I truly believe so, because he’s a great wrestler – he might stop the takedowns. Listen, the best thing that ever happened to Gaethje was getting knocked out, because I had been telling him at the World Series of Fighting and PFL so many times, ‘Why do you fight like this?