Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals fear of SNAKES despite fighting bears and lions; watch video

undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently training to defend his title against interim champion Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Saturday. And recently, during his preparation for unification bout, some of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teammates pranked Eagle and ors. As champ was training, two men in uniform brought a huge snake (possibly python) and began chasing everyone around with it. While Khabib was quick to dodge snake, Tagir Ulanbekov was shocked and slipped twice while getting up to run.

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After that, two snake handlers and Ulanbekov took snake around facility, scaring everyone on ir way, including Islam Makhachev and Zubaira Tukhugov. Khabib Nurmagomedov and his squad were at a training facility in Abu Dhabi when incident took place. After handlers left with reptile, Khabib Nurmagomedov and ors laughed.

Watch: Khabib Nurmagomedov and ors getting chased by a snake

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Later, while talking about same to BT Sport, Khabib Nurmagomedov said that he hates snakes and is scared of m. “Honestly, I don't like snakes. I like bear, eagle, lion,” added champion. Khabib Nurmagomedov n admitted that even his teammates don’t kw about his fear of snakes. But even if y do, y wouldn’t have done a lot of things as y don’t want to injure him ahead of UFC 254.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov grew up fighting bears and lions

As many kw by w - thanks to a viral video - Khabib Nurmagomedov grew up wrestling bears in Dstan. He has been wrestling predators since of eight, and later told TMZ that he went on to recruit lions as his secret boxing partners. However, he eventually stopped wrestling bears after omnivores hurt his ACL. In 2019, Eagle shared some pictures on his Instagram when he visited his hometown to visit his family. re, he reunited with “old friend” bear and traded a few hands.

“I stopped wrestling with bears because last time I was wrestling with him he hurt my ACL. wrestling, but a little bit of sparring, only boxing with lion,” Khabib Nurmagomedov added.  

Watch: Khabib Nurmagomedov wrestling a bear as a child

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