Legendary MMA coach Javier Mendez claims there isn’t any reality to the rumors that Khabib Nurmagomdeov is returning to the Octagon to headline UFC 300.
MMA Twitter has been abuzz ever since former three-time title challenger Chael Sonnen instructed that the UFC is angling to ebook Nurmagomedov’s long-awaited comeback for the large milestone occasion. The American Gangster’ even instructed that the previous light-weight champ would return to problem present welterweight titleholder Leon Edwards.
With the promotion but to announce Belal Muhammad as the following man in line for a shot at Edwards’ crown, struggle followers and media shops had been fast to run with Sonnen’s report, irrespective of how loopy it sounded.
Lower than 24 hours later, the American Kickboxing Academy founder tried to dispell the rumors in an unique remark made to fight sports activities journalist Helen Yee.
“Cease all this nonsense concerning Khabib coming again and me and him coaching,” Mendez mentioned within the video clip. “There’s been no such factor taking place. We’re not discussing coaching. We by no means have. Khabib remains to be dedicated to what he mentioned. He’s devoting time to his household. He’s not working folks’s corners. He’s not ever going to struggle.
“To my data, it’s by no means been spoken about and to my data, he’s been [in Dubai] the previous few days. He simply left yesterday and nothing has ever been mentioned about preventing. No coaching, no nothing. We prepare collectively really, however we’re doing cardio. We’re not doing any sort of kickboxing or MMA coaching in any way. So cease the clickbait. Acquired it?”
It actually wouldn’t be the primary time a fighter or their coach has tried to squash a rumor that hit a bit of too near residence.
Is there any probability we see ‘The Eagle’ again contained in the Octagon on April 13, or is Uncle Chael simply telling us one other fib?
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