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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s biggest fangirl shared her experience on social media after meeting the light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira at UFC 270.

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UFC is back in action and will have its first pay-per-view of the year tonight inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. An intriguing heavyweight title matchup between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane will headline the event. Meanwhile, the flyweight trilogy bout between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo will serve as the co-main event.

Many celebrities and UFC fighters are attending the event. One of them is Nurmagomedov’s fangirl, also known as Mini Khabib on social media. She attends major UFC events and takes pictures with the fighters in Nurmagomedov’s signature furry cap, the Russian Papakha.

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Later, Mini Khabib posted a picture of their meeting on her social media accounts. She wrote in the caption, As I’m waiting for UFC 270, I ran into the new champ with the most inspiring story @gloverteixeira. Glover was so nice and did the Khabib time challenge with me #ufc270.”

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Teixeira is a veteran UFC fighter. The 42-year-old recently became the new light heavyweight champion by defeating Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267. He is attending the event to support his fellow countrymen and UFC bantamweight fighter Raoni Barcelos, who will fight on the preliminary card.

However, recently, in an interview, the newly crowned light heavyweight champion gave his predictions on the heavyweight headliner of UFC 270.

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Glover Teixeira gives his prediction of Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane

‘The Predator’ will take on the interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane inside the UFC cage tonight. This is one of the biggest heavyweight matches of the year. Also, both the combatants were training partners in the past. This makes the fight more interesting to watch.

Many have already predicted the outcome of the fight. And recently Teixeira also shared his predictions. In an interview with Sherdog, Teixeira said, “Wow, I’m excited for this fight. I want to watch this fight. And it’s gonna be like power vs. Muhammad Ali, right?”

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“But I would say, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali. One is pure power; the other one the technique. He flow; he jump around. And he hits fast; he moves. So I see like Muhammad Ali.”

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“But the result is gonna be the same. In my opinion, Francis Ngannou is too powerful right now. He’s on a mission. And man, he’s getting better and better every time we see him. And in my opinion, he’s gonna win.”

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The light heavyweight champion picked Ngannou for the win? What are your predictions for the main event? Write us down in the comments below.

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