{"id":143913,"date":"2025-09-15T02:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T02:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/143913\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T02:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T02:18:07","slug":"video-watch-khabib-nurmagomedovs-emotional-reaction-to-islam-makhachevs-ufc-311-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/143913\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Watch Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s emotional reaction to Islam Makhachev\u2019s UFC 311 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Khabib Nurmagomedov still has plenty of passion for the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UFC legend\u2019s fighting days are long over, but Nurmagomedov has been a mainstay in the corners of his elite crew of fighters, including prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Islam Makhachev. Makhachev has followed in Nurmagomedov\u2019s indomitable footsteps, having won his past 15 fights and lost just once in 28 pro bouts, and his most recent win had Nurmagomedov on the edge of his seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out newly released footage of Nurmagomedov\u2019s reaction to Islam Makhachev\u2019s UFC 311 title win below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the main event of the Jan. 18 pay-per-view, Makhachev defended the UFC lightweight title late-minute replacement Renato Moicano, who stepped in on a day\u2019s notice for an injured Arman Tsarukyan. Though Makhachev was heavily favored to retain his belt, it\u2019s clear his team didn\u2019t take \u201cMoney\u201d lightly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nurmagomedov can be seen with a tense expression on his face as he tells Makhachev\u2019s corner not to celebrate prematurely, even with the champion locking in a tight brabo choke. Only when Makhachev secured the finish does the typically stoic Nurmagomedov jump up with an ecstatic look on his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Makhachev and Nurmagomedov have a tall task ahead of them as Makhachev, having recently vacated the lightweight title, moves up to 170 pounds to challenge welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 on Nov. 15 in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov still has plenty of passion for the game. The UFC legend\u2019s fighting days are long over,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396,14855],"class_list":{"0":"post-143913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news","16":"tag-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}