{"id":46704,"date":"2025-08-05T09:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46704\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:18:14","slug":"khabib-predicts-when-makhachev-will-retire-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46704\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Predicts When Makhachev Will Retire from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has speculated about when his teammate and friend Islam Makhachev may retire from MMA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov said during a meeting with fans:<\/p>\n<p>            To be honest, I think Islam will retire in a year and a half to two years due to his age. He will be 34 in October, and time changes everyone. It\u2019s better to retire at 35 and pave the way for younger fighters. If your time has come and you don\u2019t retire, someone else will end your career. It\u2019s better to do it on your own terms. That\u2019s my advice to all fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Makhachev last fought against Renato Moicano in January this year at UFC 311, winning by submission in the first round. He has a record of 27 wins and one loss.\n<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov\u2019s last fight was against Justin Gaethje in October 2020 at UFC 254, which he won via technical submission in the second round before announcing his retirement. His record stands at 29 wins and no losses.<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"is-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telecomasia.net\/news\/mma\/weundefinedve-done-that-with-no-rounds-and-it-doesn-t-work-ex-ufc-fighter-thomson-rejects-khabibunde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img alt=\"We've Done That with No Rounds and It Doesn\u2019t Work: Ex-UFC Fighter Thomson Rejects Khabib's Idea\" class=\"lazy has-placeholder\"  decoding=\"async\"\/>            We&#8217;ve Done That with No Rounds and It Doesn\u2019t Work: Ex-UFC Fighter Thomson Rejects Khabib&#8217;s Idea<br \/>\n        <\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"is-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telecomasia.net\/news\/mma\/i-pray-i-am-in-as-president-of-ireland-by-the-time-of-ufc-fight-in-the-white-house-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img alt=\"I Pray I Am in as President of Ireland by the Time of UFC Fight in the White House: McGregor\" class=\"lazy has-placeholder\"  decoding=\"async\"\/>            I Pray I Am in as President of Ireland by the Time of UFC Fight in the White House: McGregor<br \/>\n        <\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"is-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telecomasia.net\/news\/mma\/my-wife-has-been-out-of-this-world-last-2-5-months-askren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img alt=\"My Wife Has Been Out of This World Last 2.5 Months: Askren\" class=\"lazy has-placeholder\"  decoding=\"async\"\/>            My Wife Has Been Out of This World Last 2.5 Months: Askren<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has speculated about when his teammate and friend Islam Makhachev may retire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-46704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46704","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=46704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}