Khabib Nurmagomedov diz que sua técnica de luta está melhor do que nunca — اتحاد الجيوجيتسو, اتحاد الجيوجيتسو البرازيلي

اتحاد الجيوجيتسو: Khabib Nurmagomedov was known for his elite grappling skills during his incredible MMA career but apparently, he might actually be technically better after his retirement from the sport. That sounds hard to believe considering that Nurmagomedov was the UFC lightweight world champion and his wrestling was a huge part of his success. He wasn’t just any champion either; he spent well over a decade on the cage and still retired with an undefeated record, stepping away from the sport at 29-0. Nurmagomedov defeated many of the best lightweights in the world during that time, defeating four men who have held UFC silverware in their careers.

When Nurmagomedov was at the peak of his career, he was submitting incredible fighters like Conor McGregor and Justin Gaethje with relative ease. He recently revealed that although this might have been his competitive prime, it isn’t the best he’s felt on the mat:

“People think that 2018, 2019, and 2020 were my prime. But I never actually reached my prime… That was quite early. I had barely begun. Perhaps that was only the start of my prime. My grappling is much better now. In the summer of 2026, my grappling is better than it was in 2020.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov then went on to explain how he thinks he’s improved his skills in the years since retiring:

“I’ve physically improved my skills. The way I take the back, move to mount, enter chokes, guillotines and triangles, defend submissions, and prevent escapes, all of that has improved physically. It isn’t only that I’ve matured mentally and can now see mistakes. My actual execution is better too.”

Nurmagomedov actually retired fairly early of course and he’s still only 37 years old, so he could easily jump back in to test himself in grappling if he wanted to. Dana White even tried to get him to take a grappling match just a few years ago, but that sadly didn’t come to fruition. That means that fans will just have to take him at his word, but he’s clearly confident that he’s on a whole new level now:

”When I rewatch my matches, I think: ‘How could I make that mistake?’ Viewers at the time watched from another angle and thought: ‘Wow, what a level.’ But in my opinion, it wasn’t such a high level.”

The full interview with Khabib Nurmagomedov where he says his grappling is better now than before was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of Smol Talk:

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