World Sports Summit<\/a>. \u201cThere is no freedom of speech. Everybody do what I say if I\u2019m coach. In or out, there is no 50-50, and I try to push them very well, and if you look at the result we have in almost every organization, we have champions, and we have some of the best fighters right now.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are the best team, and I\u2019m very happy. It means I\u2019m doing a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to the competitive side of things, Nurmagomedov is looking for those who take things as seriously as possible in the gym, and out of it.<\/p>\n
Winning and losing happens, but it\u2019s effort that means more then anything, and that\u2019s what Nurmagomedov looks for with his fighters and athletes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some fighters, they take it very personal, competition,\u201d Nurmagomedov explained. \u201cLike, when they lose competition, and right now in these days, you can see how guys, they lost the ball and they just stand. It\u2019s like, c\u2019mon brother, you cannot do this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re on my team, even when I play, if we\u2019re losing and he\u2019s smiling, he\u2019s going to have big problems. You have to perform. Anybody can lose, but you have to show your best. You cannot come with me on my team just laughing and smiling while we\u2019re losing.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Nurmagomedov\u2019s father passed away, \u201cThe Eagle\u201d defended his title one last time, submitting Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in October 2020 before calling it a career. Nurmagomedov made a promise to his mother that he would move on from in-cage competition.<\/p>\n
Nurmagomedov knew he would take over for his father, but looking around the room following his retirement is when one of the memorable lessons he learned hit him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have rules, and in our rules, if you\u2019re young, you\u2019re always wrong,\u201c Nurmagomedov said. \u201d[Whoever] is older is always right. There are rules and you have to follow them. And somehow, when I finished my career, I become oldest on my team. \u2026 It\u2019s like, OK. I have to take leadership. Who is going to take over? Somebody has to lead the team. You cannot just leave them alone. Today, I\u2019ve become success, I was champion, I was on top, OK. See you guys tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t work like this, and I\u2019m like, OK. I look around [and wonder] who is here? Everyone is younger than me, and my father, he passed away, and I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, I have to take this leadership, I have to lead this team, and I have to keep continuing my father\u2019s legacy. I understand, I\u2019m ready for this. Some people, they are not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov was a no-nonsense UFC fighter, so it should be no surprise that translated over the coaching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-384411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}