‘Khabib showed mercy on Justin Gaethje, he didn’t want to hurt him’ Daniel Cormier reveals

‘Khabib showed mercy on Justin Gaethje, he didn’t want to hurt him’ Daniel Cormier reveals
Khabib and Gaethje

Justin Gaethje and Khabib Nurmagomedov faced each other at the UFC 254 main event which happened to be the last match of ‘The Eagle’ as soon after winning this match Khabib announced his retirement from UFC. Both of these guys know each other very well even at a personal level as they both share the same manager Ali Abdelaziz.

Khabib took the win over Gaethje in the second round of the match with a submission win with a triangle choke. Khabib’s teammate and former training partner Daniel Cormier appeared on the Ariel Helwani show and he revealed some of the Khabib’s game plan during the match.

According to DC, Khabib was very well aware of two things that Gaethje wouldn’t tap at any cost during the match, and Gaethje’s parents will be sitting alongside the cage for their son’s big moment. Khabib showed sportsmanship and respected Justin Gaethje.

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Khabib doesn’t want to hurt Gaethje in front of his parents

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While further talking to Ariel Helwani, Cormier says, “I didn’t want to hurt him in front of his parents, so I said I’m going to go and put him in a triangle and if he goes to sleep, he goes to sleep, you wake up you’re fine. This is exactly what he told me”.

“That’s crazy, right? He didn’t want to hurt Justin Gaethje in front of his parents. To be comfortable enough to think about this at the moment, that’s crazy. He didn’t want to break his arm. Because Justin’s not going to tap, you have to break it and he didn’t want to do that to Justin in front of his mom and dad”.

The show of respect by “The Eagle” for Gaethje can’t be expressed in words exactly. Khabib is really a true champ.

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