Khabib aims for 30-0, hopes to bow out like Floyd Mayweather

Khabib Nurmagomedov, arguably the greatest Lightweight in the history of the UFC is currently 28-0 in his professional career. He will be looking to make it 29-0 when he faces Justin Gaethje in the lightweight championship unification bout at UFC 254 – Flash Forum, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

Khabib Nurmagomedov, recently has opened up saying that he wants people to remember him as the “Floyd Mayweather” of MMA. Adding that he might think about retiring if he takes his professional MMA record to 30-0.

“30-0 is going to be great” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

Speaking in an interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo, Khabib was quoted as saying, “30-0 is going to be great. It’s looking good, it sounds good.“30-0, okay. It’s going to be a great record, this is like Mayweather in MMA. We’ll see, I’m very close to it.”

He then went to talk about his next opponent Justin Gaethje, saying, “Who knows? Okay, I finish Justin Gaethje, I finish one more guy, I dominate him — I think my name is going to be always in history. I think already my name is going to be in history because two years ago what happened [vs. McGregor] is never going to be forgotten. Even after 50 years, people are going to watch this fight and be impressed. This is like when Muhammad Ali fought [Joe] Frazier in Manila. People never forget this fight. I’m already in history but I need legacy. For legacy, Justin Gaethje is a great opponent right now.”

Although, Khabib will already go down as one of the greatest, if not “the” greatest UFC fighter of all time; he will be looking to keep his record of zero loses intact when he calls it a day.

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