Khabib Nurmagomedov released footage of his cruel weight cut before the fight against Justin Gaethje
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The UFC Lightweight division champion Khabib Nurmagomedov fought with Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 to defend his title. ‘The Eagle’ won this fight by submission in the second round but even during the weight cut, it was clearly visible that the champ had a cruel weight cut. Khabib even had to give weight without wearing anything just not to miss the weight.
Recently Khabib shared the video footage of his cruel weight cut. It was reported that Khabib almost shed 40 lbs for stepping into this fight and in the video footage it can be clearly seen how much effort Khabib is putting into shred the last few kgs of his weight. The weight cut was so brutal that Khabib can be seen losing strength many times in the video.
Khabib can be seen wearing a sweatsuit and riding a bicycle in this video and when this isn’t enough and ‘The Eagle’ had no strength left in his body, his teammates wrapped him in layers of the towel so that he will sweat more and lose weight.
After the weight cut, Khabib was so weak that he can’t even leave his hotel room he has to be helped by his training partners to make his uncomfortable weigh-in. Khabib also admitted in 2018 that he had seizures while cutting the weight in a fight against Conor McGregor.
Khabib Nurmagomedov never moved up to another weight category
Khabib Nurmagomedov had problems while cutting weights many times, but he was never comfortable to move up in any other weight class. Prior to fighting against Gaethje, he said that he would finish his carrier as a Lightweight. Khabib says, “I am a natural lightweight, My career in the UFC started as lightweight and will end here.”
“I don’t want to jump to other divisions, I don’t want to experiment. I have been doing very well in the lightweight division for eight years. and I want to finish my career in this weight category.”
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