PERTH, Australia – Khabib Nurmagomedov isn’t physically with Islam Makhachev in the land Down Under this week, but he’s there with him in spirit, and also electronically.
Just because UFC Hall of Famer Nurmagomedov recently announced he was stepping away from coaching, that doesn’t mean he’s completely detached from his fighters.
“He still help me. He just stop his traveling, and that’s it,” Makhachev told reporters during UFC 284 media day. “But every morning he send me message, check my weight, ask me how I’m training, what I did. We’re always on the phone.”
