SURREY, British Columbia – Not even UFC 300 could lure Khabib Nurmagomedov out of retirement.
Nurmagomedov hung up his gloves after submitting Justin Gaethje to retain his lightweight title in October 2020. He made a promise to his mother that he will never fight again without his father in his corner, after his father passed away July 2020.
The UFC was scrambling hard to put together big fights for its historic 300th show, which takes place April 13 in Las Vegas. While Nurmagomedov says no one personally reached out to him, they may have tried through his manager, Ali Abdelaziz.
