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KAZAN, RUSSIA MAY 29, 2021: Retired MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov (R), who held the UFC Lightweight title from April 2018 to March 2021, attends EFC 36 Eagle Fighting Championship at Tatneft Arena in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Yegor Aleyev/TASS (Photo by Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images)
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KAZAN, RUSSIA MAY 29, 2021: Retired MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov (R), who held the UFC Lightweight title from April 2018 to March 2021, attends EFC 36 Eagle Fighting Championship at Tatneft Arena in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Yegor Aleyev/TASS (Photo by Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images)
Khabib Nurmagomedov has had one hell of a journey as a fighter. The former UFC lightweight champion journeyed from rags to riches and is now one of the most powerful men in his country. Khabib has become a very successful personality and has made some very powerful friends as well.
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Recently, in an episode of the Full Send Podcast, Nurmagomedov spoke about the craziest gift he’s received. He revealed that people have gifted him many cars. However, they do not appeal to him much and he didn’t seem to be blown away by them.
He said,” I’m not a fan. I’m gonna be honest. Of course, I like (cars). But I know like a lot of people, they’ll fend like crazy. You know it’s like they have money, they buy cars.”
Khabib said that he once received a dog as a gift from a person and he said it was ‘very good gift’ for him. However, he was not gifted any ordinary dog.
On the podcast, he revealed, “ This dog from mother’s side grandfather, and from father’s side grandfather, they both world champions. Can you imagine? I know it’s American people crazy, you know. They like dog fight. Honestly, I don’t like this (dog fight).”
He added,” Now he become very big, like 90 kilo… He is in my farm… This dog, like five months, he gained like 40 kilo.”
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Khabib Nurmagomedov: Net Worth
After announcing his retirement on account of the death of his father, Khabib has shifted his focus to building himself an empire. The Dagestani has a net worth of a staggering $40 Million according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA AUGUST 18, 2021: Russian mixed martial artist and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gives a news conference. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS (Photo by Anton NovoderezhkinTASS via Getty Images)
Nurmagomedov has started multiple business ventures after his retirement. One of his most famous is his own fighting promotion, Eagle FC. Eagle FC recently had its first US-based event. The promotion features many exciting and renowned fighters, such as Rashad Evans and Kevin Lee.
He is also the owner of Eagle Mobile, his own mobile network company. The UFC legend owns his own fitness company, an alkaline based water company and many more businesses.
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