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Harry Davies

Khabib Nurmagomedov gets better of teammate in training despite 30lb weight discrepancy

Khabib Nurmagomedov got the better of former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold during a wrestling session in training despite the pair being two weight classes apart.

Now-retired UFC legend Nurmagomedov competed at lightweight for most of his flawless MMA career. Rockhold won the UFC middleweight belt in 2015 and even competed at 205lb in his last fight.

Rockhold hasn't fought in the promotion for three years but is gearing up for his targeted return against Paulo Costa later this year. Nurmagomedov and Rockhold recently trained together at the American Kickboxing Academy gym in California, with the Russian unsurprisingly coming out on top in the wrestling exchanges.

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