Khabib Nurmagomedov shares footage of his scary weight cut for Justin Gaethje bout: Watch

Khabib Nurmagomedov recently released a video on his YouTube p which shows tortuous weight-cutting process he went through ahead of his fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Russian, who is currently UFC pound-for-pound king, has always faced problems while cutting weight. He was once hospitalised while cutting weight, with doctors telling him that he almost died. Because of this, Khabib Nurmagomedov was forced to withdraw from his bout against Tony Ferguson at UFC 209.

“ doctor say, ‘you cant fight. You almost die. How you fight? How you can fight if you almost die? ... way. We say fight, 100 percent. make weight. fight. thing,” Nurmagomedov said in an interview.

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Khabib vs Gaethje: Eagle’s tortuous weight-cutting process

recently released video, which focuses on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s last fight, shows weight-making process in detail. Wearing a sweatsuit, Khabib can be seen jumping on and off treadmill and doing various exercises, even covering himself in towels, to push his body in an attempt to sweat out last few pounds. fighter, who looks uncharacteristically downbeat throughout process, even gets into a portable sauna to lose last few grams.

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Khabib vs Gaethje: Eagle makes cut

At one point, a member of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team comments on champion’s state, saying, “we are t used to seeing him in this state, but it’s fine”. However, despite being at his limit, Nurmagomedov pushes on, with huge help from his teammates. After going through tortuous process, Russian leaves his room to officially weigh-in for his title bout with Justin Gaethje.

Khabib Nurmagomedov had a concerned look while stepping on scale, but after he made cut, he took a breath of relief. t just that, Eagle went on to successfully defend his title against Justin Gaethje by forcing challenger to submit in second round. After bout, Khabib Nurmagomedov shocked world by anuncing his retirement from sport, stating that he has interest in fighting after passing of his influential far, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

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