Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped away from competition when he was at the top of his game – and now he signals he might do the same after an elite year of coaching. Following multiple reports from Russian news outlets, Nurmagomedov on Saturday shared a post from Za Khabiba , a Nurmagomedov-centric Instagram page, which displayed a picture of the UFC Hall of Famer with the following caption (translated from Russian to English). “Khabib is leaving the MMA industry. It’s about coaching and everything else related to MMA. The reason is Khabib’s desire to devote more time to his family.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Хабиб Нурмагомедов (@khabib_nurmagomedov) While Nurmagomedov, 34, did not directly say he would step away from coaching altogether, he cryptically alluded to a “decision” he recently made pertinent to his team in an Instagram post Thursday.
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