UFC Veteran & Fans Fooled by Reports of “Female Khabib” From Dagestan Making Her Debut in UFC 288

The Dagestani fighters have formed an image of being the most dominant fighters in the world. Khabib Nurmagomedov set the tone for the camp and Islam Makhachev has continued it in the UFC. Moreover, Umar and Abubakar Nurmagomedov are also dominating their respective divisions in their promotions.

However, the dominance is just limited to the male divisions of MMA. This has been owed to the Sambo style of wrestling by the Dagestanis rather than traditional grappling. There hasn’t been a single female fighter emerging from the mountain region of Russia to participate in the UFC. But inconspicuous news has emerged showing a new ‘mythical’ WMMA fighter from Dagestan, making her UFC debut.

Jake Shields reacts to the news of Dagestani WMMA fighter

Anya ‘Formel’ Tatranamov, a Dagestani fighter, is set to make her UFC debut at UFC 288 as per some of the reports. She is the first WMMA fighter to represent Dagestan in the UFC. Moreover, she comes with a perfect 15-0 record as she plans to dominate the WMMA divisions.

Furthermore, Tatranamov fights at flyweight but will be moving down to strawweight at some point in her career, as per reports. However, this news has also been reported to be fake by some of the media houses.

Moreover, Jake Shields has responded to the news of seeing another Dagestani fight in the UFC. The UFC veteran said, “They let women train? The men won’t train with women”.

UFC fans react to Dagestani’s representation at WMMA

The fans have shared both hilarious and serious opinions on hearing the news. One fan replied to the tweet saying that Tatramanov has what it takes to be a UFC champion. Moreover, the fan was all raises for ‘Formel’ as they spoke about her grappling and cardio calling her a ‘monster’. It is unclear if they fell into the trap or if it was sarcastic.

Furthermore, one fan replied to a hater.

Similarly, fans also responded to Jake Shields‘ tweet.

Another fan gave a message to the new and old fighters in WMMA.

Furthermore, one fan drew comparisons between Tatranamov and Nurmagomedov. However, the comment was a criticism of the tactics used by both Russians.

Furthermore, another fan added brightly, hoping to see a female version of ‘The Eagle’.

The fan and Jake Shields were supposedly fooled, as the news has been reported to be fake by some media houses. 

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Let us know what you think about the internet prank. Would you like to see more of the Dagestani representation in the UFC?

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