UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov disagrees with his own manager's assessment that he would have beaten middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
The former lightweight champion infamously used to cut around 50lb to make 155lb for his world title fights, and has sported a more full figure sine retiring in 2020. And many feel that if he were to ever make a comeback, it likely could no longer be at lightweight, and he would likely also have to bypass welterweight.
This led his manager Ali Abdelaziz, the controversial Dominance MMA boss, to declare recently that Nurmagomedov would have beaten Adesanya if the pair were to fight. However, the Russian disputes this, saying that it would never have happened that he would compete at such a heavy division, despite having often sparred with light-heavyweights in the gym.
