FULL SEND PODCAST - Khabib Nurmagomedov x Nelk Boys | Ep. 28

Episode Date: February 2, 2022

Khabib Nurmagomedov on fighting McGregor again & relationship with Dana White! Presented by Happy Dad Hard Seltzer. Find Happy Dad near you http://happydad.com/find (21+ only). Video is available on http://youtube.com/fullsendpodcast/videos. Follow Nelk Boys on Instagram http://instagram.com/nelkboys. Part of the Shots Podcast Network (shots.com). You can listen to the audio version of this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We want out! We want out! We want out! We want out! All right, Kabib, the Magam Head Off. Guys, we got a big, big podcast today. We got Kabib with us. We're in Miami. Right before your event tomorrow. Salim, we got a shout out Salim for locking down Khabib. Yeah, yeah. We got in contact with Ali. We did Kamar Usman first, and then I asked if we can get Khabi on, and he got us Khabib. So it's good to have you here. Thanks, bro. Thank you, so much. I appreciate you doing this. So what's going on? What's going on here?

what's happening tomorrow here is going to be tomorrow is going to be like some great battles you know uh tomorrow we have tomorrow night we have very good fight card you know and great men even you know two legend of kickboxing they're going to fight tomorrow night here inside the cage eagle fc cage and you know sergey haritono and tyrant spong all all like m mhm In striking war, they know these two names, you know, and it's like amazing heavyweight fight, you know, very exciting about this fight. So Eagle FC, is this, like, this is your league? Like, is this the first event? Yes, this is, no, this is first event in US. Okay.

But this is Eagle FC 44. Eagle FC 44. We make 43, we make Eagle FC. Who? What happened this? No, no, no, I talk about this guy. Who's that? Thank you so much. One too, sir. Eagle, we make Eagle EC, like, 43 show, 43 show in Russia and around the world.

Like, most of them, it was USA countries. And now it's like tomorrow night, it's USA time. Were you always involved with Eagle FC or when did you get on board and becoming part of the business? No, no, I was involved always before it was named. I'm like GFC, guerrilla fighting championship. Then one and a half year, I bought this promotion and I become owner. And now, like one and a half year,

after one and a half year, I bring this promotion here. So this is gonna transition after fighting, right? Yeah, you're not gonna fight ever again? I'm not gonna fight again. No? I don't know, like outside the cage, but not inside the case, for sure. But outside, you never know what's going to happen, you know.

It's like, because it's like, but I cannot fight, of course, but... You said you can't fight? I can't. Can't. No, because I can't hurt people. Yeah. This is like, you know, like, for example, if you fight, you can fight with your slippers, you know, like you can punch people with your slippers.

But if I punch people, they... Thanks. But thank you very much. Appreciate that. Because if I fight outside the cage, it is like, we can joke about this, but we cannot fight. You guys have a whole squad that are like. I was like, I'm professional athlete because all my life,

I learn how to hurt people, you know? This is, it was my job, you know. And I don't think it's gonna be a good idea if I fight like outside right now. Did you know going into, when you retired, did you know before the fight that you were gonna retire? yeah only only i know you didn't tell anybody else i don't tell anybody so it was a shock for your friends watching yeah it was right there for that fight yeah yeah i remember yeah i remember like

we met we met like after press conference after press conference with we just engaged yeah it's like on that time i i i know it's gonna be it's gonna be my last fight you know and uh but i don't tell nobody do you ever get this a party you ever want to fight again? Like there's got to be some party that's like you watch a fight on the TV or like uh like I'm sure people tweet at you or talk like if Khabib was still there he would

have lost to this guy like this there's got to be some itch I know nothing. No like when people talk about oh this guy can beat Khabiv like I don't care about this because all my career like you remember when we met we just finished press conference on this press conference everybody

was talking about Justin Gage is going to be his toughest opponent What happened? You know, it's like, I don't care about this. Like, when I fight Connor, Dosanos, my, Porier, like Barbosa, Justin Gage, they always was talking about, oh, maybe this guy can't stop him, you know, and always, like, I come to the cage, I feel my opponents, and I'm like, come on, guys, this guy's not on my level. When you retired, Khabib, and you made that announcement, we were there, and I remember, like, we thought we were going to go out and, like, party with Dana after the fight. we were so excited and then when you made that announcement

all their faces just dropped and they just left the arena and went to the back room and we were like oh shit like in the mood yeah well you went there yeah so he was probably just no well like we were like you know we went all the way to Abu Dhabi and we were fired up and then Kavit's just like I'm done and then Dana and everyone's like they just did bro

that was my first time watching you too so like what was that process like because I know Dana I know those guys like how hard were they trying to convince you to do another fight You know, like I feel bad for your, I cancel your party, you know, but I know it's like, yeah, I think like first time, like even now maybe they think I do this for reason, you know, it's like to promote something, I retired, then, oh, maybe I'm going to come back or asking some money, maybe, you know, some fighters, they say, oh, I'm retired. Like Mayweather, he retired, like a lot, right? And then, like, promotion, ask them, oh, can you come back? We're going to give you good money.

It's like something like this. Maybe they think I play something like this game. What I feel, honestly, I don't feel nothing because I was ready for this, you know? You know, like, I know like a lot of fighters, they have to retire because of healthy, because they don't have good healthy. And about myself, I'm healthy, you know. I'm healthy, I'm good. Like all my career, you know, I was like immature, professional, like all my life, I don't get some, like damage or something like, I never have cut, I never have black eye or something like this, you know.

Like after every foot I was fresh, you know. Of course I have some injuries with my back, with my knees, you know, like ribs, like on the training because I was training so. I was training so hard. But all the time when fight finished, I always was fresh, you know. It's pretty amazing what you did, yeah. Kabee, who would you say was your, like, toughest opponent? It was everybody was tough, you know?

Like, for example, like with Conner, he was tough too. You know, like a mental game, like, because sometimes, like, mental games more tough than physical, you know. And some, like, okay, for example last fight it was very tough for me you know um for myself after what happened with my father come back and during on training camp you know like fighting with a fight without him it was like very tough you know and of course when people watch all fights was very easy

i dominate with everybody but most of them was very tough me. Didn't you say you'd come back too if there was an opponent tough enough that you think he could beat you? Who's that guy? The Russian fighter, Hamzat? Was it Hamzat? Yeah. Do you think he would match up well against you? Well, he's Walter Waite. He's Walter Waite. I never fight in Walter Waite. No, he fight in the middle way too. Oh yeah, he did, yeah. There is like a lot of challenge, you know, like even right now, like Charles Alivera, he's very good too, you know. There is always going to be some champions with me or without me. you know but who cares i'm finished now i have my own promotion if someone on a challenge okay i'm

gonna give you guys good platform come join with me with me in eagle fc and i'm gonna find you guys good opponent let's go you think that ever be a thing where you'd fight in your own promotion who would that ever be a thing where like if you guys grew this like huge huge and you fought in your own promotion um i don't understand like would you ever fight in the Eagle FC? Myself? No, no. I don't think so.

Were you guys trying to get, were you guys trying to get Jake Paul on there? Because I read on, it was like a day ago on the news. Did you go out and reach out to Jake? Yeah, it's like, like, if you want to fight an MMA because he never fight in MMA. He don't have experience. We can give him chance. We can sign him. But he said the only way he would do it is if he fought.

With me? He fought you first. That's the only way he said he would do it. Come on. Jake, Paul. I don't think so, like in MMA, like a couple minutes. I mean, I think you just bring him in, beat the shit out of him, and then that'll be a good way to start the league, don't you?

My God. No? No, it's like, what do you think? He can fight with me? No, absolutely not, but I think the world kind of wants to see him get knocked out. Yeah, I want to see him. So what better way to do it than an Eagle FC? He laid a little bit, because I'm finished.

Yeah. And I was like, of course we can. we can think about this like i watch i watch is like it was sparring or like i watch some video he doing like m-m-a with someone like he's like he has to learn a lot you know he's a long way to go on boxing he's like he know how to punch you know it's not bad like on boxing game you know anybody can box you can box too but you never can like wrestle this is completely different you know they fight with slippers apparently yeah that's what i do and i think if he won't we can give him chance you know we can sign him and you

know we can pay him you know and we'll see when you started the when you started getting involved in this did you like let anyone from the UFC know or did they reach out to you and be like like what's going on what are you up to type stuff I talk with Dana you did good then I'm very good with then I know Like some people from MMA community don't like him, but I have big respect for this guy. You know, I have big respect. You know, like how many fights he made like last 25 years, like 20, 25 years, how many great fights he gave for fans around the world, you know? It's like...

He did a lot for the sport, right? Even if we watch to box, like for making one good fight, they create two guys like years and years. Like for example, like Pacao and Mayweather, they're supposed to fight like 10 years, like 10 years ago, but they fight only like 2015, 16. But it was not that they prime time, you know. There is like a lot of matchup like this.

boxing community they cannot make together you know like someone double bc double b a double b o like millions weight classes every couple weights they have different weight classes no like old system how dana white create this system in ufc and they simplified it a lot right i love the system you know if you're the best you're going to fight with the best you know and the fans gonna enjoy When you look back at your UFC legacy and all the good things you did You had that one incident happen Remember when you obviously

Fab McGregor You jumped over the fence And you dove in Where all the fans were What are you not anything against But were you proud of that moment Is that something that you look back at And you regret doing?

I'm not going to say I'm proud or something like this Maybe Maybe on this age right now Where right now Like 33 and a half maybe

I'm not going to jump right now but for that time so I think it was epic that's like MMA history that was so epic yeah but what actually but what was in your thing take us through if you don't mind like you're there you just choked Alcona right

and so did you hear something did somebody say something to you what made you go from jumping on the thing to going after somebody no first of all like I was I was preparing for war you know I come inside the cage, I fight with this guy and he tap. I'm like, why I come here? Why I train so hard for this?

Like, you're going to tap easy like this? You know, I just take his chin, you know, like he talks. Like, this one makes me upset too, you know, because I accept more than what I find inside the cage. I expect more. And then after what happened, honestly, I don't remember everything. I'm going to be honest. I remember like someone from his, like, corner, say something. Like, and it was like, crazy emotional moment for me.

I'm like, okay. This party not finished. That was one of the craziest moments ever. I remember watching that. And you went right after that. Was it the one guy you went after? Yeah. Because other guys all like...

They're all talking shit. No, no, no. It's not about this. They're all old. Like, his coaches. Oh, you didn't want to hurt an old guy. How I'm going to fight with other guys. They aren't, like, old people, you know.

Like wrestling coach and his head coach, like, they don't talk bad about me, I think. This guy was talking bad about me. Did they get you at all when you were down there? Did they hit you with any punches when you went in that melee? Who hit? Random pit, me, there was so many people just involved. Was it, you been tagged a little bit?

No. No. Maybe. Maybe not, because I don't remember, you know, but who cares? If I care about someone going to punch why I jump, you know, it's like very simple. You think Connor's, how pissed do you think that Connor is that you won't, how mad do you think Connor is that you won't rematch him? Because to me, it just looks like he, I feel like he's so mad that you just destroyed him and made him tap and then just kind of embarrassed them in the way. No, I think he's thinking this.

think like yes i think yeah i think i think that you don't understand the game this but i don't think i think he was happy you think so you guys i think he was happy that you tapped him of course why what's gonna happen if referee was not there you would have broke his neck or like no but i was saying do you think he's mad that you won't fight him again i think that's what he was expecting they never asked me fight again oh they didn't of course no like you see say why we have to make this fight again he have to win some you have to win and then maybe we're gonna make but right now

you kill him four round and you finish him he tap there is like no reason like why we have to make very much did you guys did you just not like each other

you too yeah how did that whole thing start with Connor huh I don't remember how that that whole Connor thing started because it must have started

like way back before well you had they had the whole I think we just like we have same goal that's why you know when Atlas they have same goal

they don't like other you want to be champion i want to be champion you know it's like simple because it was other stuff too the bus remember the bus thing didn't he do something with your bus you were driving in a bus and he threw like a through like a thing through it you remember this i read the i read the yeah he made michael kiesa was bleeding like much people big history it's history bro i mean that's one of the craziest rivalries of all time craziest it really blew up the sport too right do you think that that fight obviously that fight like that took you to another level right too as like kabeb like that was that was like a big scale fight right yeah this is for

sure this is biggest fight in history of martial arts you know nothing close i think even when he fight with my weather it's like okay but not many people care about this fight you know it was like historical event you know it's like m m mhmie champion versus boxing champion is like you know but like inside the fight like like many people they don't even remember what happened inside the fight I think you guys gonna be agree with me you know it's like with the fight with you okay like for example in what round referee stopped this fight four what did you say four you remember which what you and who no my way is it and Connor and Connor's oh no I don't remember you and Coenner's fight

people don't remember yeah they don't they don't remember because it was like just like sparring fight you know and um for me it was not real fight because this guy not real boxer you know and my way they're like what he did like for me it was like more fake fight this is just my opinion maybe maybe not but uh like and then what was between us it was real and everything what happened before the fight inside the fight after the fight

like so what is your new role going to be with this whole league now so you're going to just be behind the scenes with everything no I'm going to control everything I'm going to control I'm going to control

because I understand this game I was on this position I was on fighters position and I know what they need And with all this new technology, with IT technology, like every day change something, coming in like new things, you know. And even this arena we create, look like this is like right now, not, we cannot bring like thousands of people together, like all their time, you know, this is a little bit dangerous with the COVID stuff. You know, it's like 200, 300 people inside the arena and we create our platform, streaming platform. FLX, you know, and we're going to stream this around the world everywhere.

We're just beginning, you know, tomorrow night it's going to be first our show, you know. And I think after one and a half two years, Eagle is going to be huge around the world. You think there's going to be a lot of guys that come from the UFC to here? Of course we're going to sign like big names too, but our goal to create champions. create stars, you know. We're just beginning. And in the future, like, for example, tomorrow night, we have, like, like,

five, six very good young guys who can become big star, you know. Right now, like, many people don't know about them. But after like five, six fight, like many people gonna know about them. I wanted to ask about another big fight that was getting talked about that I was interested in, too, was GSP. Whatever, when talks were happening about that,

what kind of went down with that? No, it was like, when I was kid, you know, like, 16, 18, he was already, like, legend, you know, champion. Yeah, he was my favorite fighter growing up. And, like, he was my father favorite fighter, Really? Yeah. And, you know, like fighting with him, I know this never going to happen, but honestly,

it's like my, if I have chance to fight with someone, I'm going to pick GSP. So why didn't it go down? Was it because of weight? Was it because I would see talk of it online? And I'm sure I was like many people that were like, holy shit, imagine? No, he finished. I finished. I heard he was down but right right now like when I was on top when I when it was my prime

time it was not his prime time you know it was when he finished 12 13 after he come like after four years he come back fight only with Michael B Spingale like last almost 10 years I think his time is finished like my opinion his prime time was like 2010 11 12 But 13, it was not his time. So is that like... Even when he fought, remember, when he fight with Johnny Hendricks? Johnny Hendricks got the better than my thing. Like Johnny Hendon, like on this time, I feel he don't, you know, he's not enjoying inside the cage, you know.

He is not hungry anymore. I don't know about his feeling. This is what I feel. And, you know, for this sport, you have to be hungry. If you're not hungry, if you don't want really this, you know like you have to finish like for example last last like last like last couple years i really don't enjoy with this you know even when i fight with connor it was very like principal fight for me you know like i really want to fight with this guy and next day when i finish like

after this like so you aren't feeling i i really i really don't enjoy with this you know like beginning when I begin I really want to fight fight fight then fight for the title I win title like it's like my fire beginning go down I feel this I feel this like my fire gone after what happened with Connor everything okay this keep fight with Connor then they gave me like almost one year suspension like and all this year I keep I was keep training and I'm like what I'm gonna do? do next I'm going to fight with who you know then they make interim title Dustin Porreya Max Holloway I remember they was fighting and and I was

waiting my opponent you know they was fighting it's like okay that's important body beat this game like nothing inside no okay I'm gonna fight with you you know it was my first time my father was gonna be cornered me in UFC career and this one this one give me a little bit more motivation you know and yeah this sport if you don't feel fire you have to stop you so when you when you say GSP was like out of his prime was that him saying that or were you just saying like it wouldn't make sense for me to fight you now that you're not in your prime because it wouldn't be the same this one too and and after what

happened like after what happened with father and then my conversation with my mother after I fight with just engage you like all this come like I understand combination yeah like I'm never gonna fight with him how excited are you for Islam Machachev he's about to fight Benile Darius right yeah Islam how is it seeing his growth seeing him come up up up the rankings like this this guy this guy grew up in front of my eyes last more than 20 years I know him all my life almost and And this guy has championship mentality, you know. I call like, I tell the people, but they don't understand really.

There is fighters, there is levels on this game. There is fighters, there is champions, there is elite. And I truly believe Islam is going to be from elite fighters. Because he can do everything, he can wrestle, he can punch, you can kick he can he can grapple you know the he is like for next next prime next um for next generation like you know he is like for example before before when i become champion it was benson henderson anthony pentes frankie edgar gilbert melendez this time for these elite fighters then i become i was like i think i i think my opinion i was the best fighter since 2015 to

2021 you know it's like on this time i can beat anybody like what i feel now what i feel from 2020 to 2025 if islam gonna stay active no injuries nothing islam gonna be like Islam is going to be like best light within the world. This is what I feel, you know. And right now he's training, he and AKA. I'm going to join with him after a couple days, after this show. I'm going to be with him all month before they fight, you know. And he has very good opponent for this fight.

Five-round fight. This guy has seven win streak. Benile Darius, he has a big experience. I think he has 20 fights in UFC, something like this. You know, he's a real challenge for Islam, you know. I believe Islam can finish this guy. I truly believe, like, second, third, or number four or rounds, Islam can finish this guy, you know.

How often are you, like, training? Like, what's, like, what's your, like, regiment like right now? Or, like, get in the gym and stuff. Like, every day, one time. Every day? I do more fitness, you know? Yeah. I like, like, I know this is not sport.

This is not MMA. But I like running, lifting and grapple. Running, lifting, grapple. I don't spar anymore. Sometimes I work with bags, you know. But right now I try to be, I try to look like, not fighter like sportsmen, you know. If my people lose me, they can call police and they say, hey guys, this guy was looking like athlete. That's why I train.

You had a very close relationship with your father, obviously. Yeah. What are some things that your father taught you along the way that has kind of stuck with you? With father, like a lot of things. Because we spend time home, gym, when we travel, like, training camps. Like, we was together everywhere, like almost everywhere. You know, it's like we have so many things together.

Like, he was very straight. very disciplined, very disciplined. He don't really don't care your son, your nephew, your student for him inside the gym or inside the training camp, everybody was same, you know. He don't really care. If someone make mistake, go out, you know. And very good heart, like big heart, you know,

very good views, you know, how he watched the life. You know, right now, I'm a little bit, I understand what he was doing before when he was young, you know. Now I understand. He makes me always stay busy. If, like, even if I don't have to do nothing, he just find me something. But he don't give me time, you know, always, he always was doing. I'm like, why I have to do this? Like, I don't understand.

But now I understand because, like, for young guys, when you're like 15 years, you're like 15 years. 16 you know so much you have so much energy you know and if you get some free time this is it's going to be bad for you you know and my father always make me busy you know and like i still like even if i finish with my career like look like just this month i was in dougastan like moscow i was in dubai after like singapore after like After that, I come Detroit, Michigan, from Detroit, Michigan. Yesterday I land here from here. After tomorrow, I'm going to go Phoenix from Phoenix, San Francisco, San Jose, Las Vegas.

It's like this. What are you doing all there? Like in the US? Like, for example, like in Detroit, I have meeting with fans. I have big meeting with fans two days ago. Fans? Fans, yes. Okay.

It's like a mean group. couple thousand people come to meet with me, we talk like Q&A, you know, share with them with my knowledge. Like, now I'm here doing my show, 29, like next day after my show, I'm going to fly Arizona for Bellator. My very close friend, my teammate, Islam Maddo, he's going to fight in common event with former UFC champion, Benson Henderson. Then I'm going to join with the guys, California, AKA I'm going to train this. because four of them they're gonna fight the end of the February and beginning of March I'm gonna be with them one and a half month and I was like it's like this you know just stay busy yeah you know it's like uh something like this and all your all your fights are all your fights are gonna be primarily in Miami and you do you like Miami or is it you know I like Miami not bad it's not bad it's not bad you know it's like Have you been to live? A lot of temptations here, you know?

There's a lot of temptations. Have you ever been to the club? Nightclub? Live? I never have been in the nightclub. This is like... Would you ever go? You know, it's like if...

I really actually wondered... I'm just asking. No, it's like... I think, like, of course, if I like this, I'm going to go there. Like, I really don't like this. What people are doing there, like... Yeah, like the music's loud, bobbing their head.

You can't really talk to anybody. it's just not you seem like a very relaxed chill dude not all the time no one of you not relaxed and not chill when people bother me you know I don't like when people bother me I don't like this what type of music

this is kind of a weird question what type of music do you listen to I actually really wonder this is the shit known ask of Eve though I actually wonder like what do you listen to like US music like I don't know like Drake or like future honestly I swear I don't even like before like when he was he was in

corner yeah he was in Connor's corner like people say this guy very famous I swear I didn't know this guy you don't like one dance you didn't know who Drake was I don't know this guy like they say you're not starting from the bottom down here like bobbing down the street like maybe I hear his music somewhere like in street or some but I didn't know this guy yeah what about money bag money bag who this guy? Money bag, yeah, he's a rapper.

So you don't listen to any rap? You're like a closet, Taylor Swift. Of course, I know, like, before when I was anged, like Eminem, 50-s, some sneaky kiddie pair. In the club, in the club, that was a go one. Find me in the club, bottle full of bubub, that one. No.

Demix. What is that? Tupac. Tupac was great. Oh, okay. All right. But like, long time, I'm going to be honest. Long time, I don't play some music.

Well, what was your walk-out music then? What did you usually choose for walk-up music? No, this is, this song, it's meant about, they song about Dagestan. That's why I put this, you know, and it's become very famous. Is it an anthem or is it? No, they talk about like Dagestan is a beautiful country, blah, blah, blah, blah, like this. Is that your favorite place to go outside? What's your favorite place to go outside the U.S.?

Spend your time? I love Saudi Arabia. What is that? Oh, wow. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. Yeah, I love this. I love Emirates, Dubai, Abu Dhabi.

I love this place. I mean, you must be like royalty there. Yeah. Yeah, it's very hard to me, like, go out like this, but... Are you more popular there than the U.S.? Yeah. I think so. Yeah?

I think so. Because here in U.S. okay, for example, in, like, two days ago, in Michigan, Detroit, it's very easy to me go to Starbucks, like, you know, like enjoy by myself. like drink some coffee but there is like almost impossible what about mecca of course i can but it's like people like so many people come know about mecca yeah how is it like in mecca i've always wanted to go there like every every yeah i go there like couple times you know like it's very hard for me i'm gonna be honest because even with the mask because i see on your

instagram you have a mask yes all the time i go with mask but because of my ear, I think, or maybe my eyes, people know me, I put hoodie, hoodie, and mask, okay. But without hoodie, like, only mask doesn't work. The ear thing, that thing, we talked about before the other episode, the ear thing, that, you can't fix that thing, right? It's done?

I think, I think you can fix. You have to make surgery like this, but your ear is going to be more ugly. Can you hear anything out of the ears? Of course, I hear. Yeah. I hear. What the fuck? No, I'm just curious because that's... No, no, no, I hear it. You get it, right? All right, thank you. See, everybody's laughing at me. I'm just curious. I'm just curious that the

headphones you put them in and they pop out or i don't know with headphones i have problem you have with headphones right you can't use airpod pros no i can but they don't stay inside you gotta get the bows the bows uh ones the big ones that's you gotta do when when did you do you think that you really became like an international superstar because you came from such humble beginnings and now it's like yeah you got to be like royalty in those middle east countries like you're representing an entire almost like religion almost right when did that kind of happen and how did you handle that like a crazy level right I don't think someone can handle this this things like you have to be like this is this is this is not I don't understand like for example like

like Christiano like rock like so many guys like they they more popular than me I don't understand but you're saying you get but you get more recognized you're saying in them no no no I talk about the they more popular than me for example but how they're living I don't understand this yeah like for me it's like very hard it's like you know like I remember before I become popular like like I'm a street guy you know I like walk around you know it was like for me it was when I was young it was like very bad to go home you know I want to stay out you know like with friends like you know it's like but right now I all the time stay home yeah you're just like sick of it no no no all the time stay

home with kids try to spend time with family you know it's like uncles like this but now but before i was completely different you know sometime like when fame come it's very hard to control yourself you know it's like handle this it's almost impossible not many people like many people lose their mind you know they lose you know when you have money when you're famous like yeah sorry anything what you want you can get you know it's like there's so much noise in your head you know because you're like a very like you're all about your values I guess and you stick to that so like but I'm I'm interested to know like was there any type of like temptation when you got really famous and there's people in your ear to like stray away from your values and like I don't know it's a good question I don't understand question

so like you're you're like you're like a religious guy I assume and you like you're all about your values and stuff but when you got famous like you said there's a lot of temptation and people go crazy like did that ever affect you where you always just dialed like no no no this affect me of course yeah but i try to control myself you know this like okay because i know everything this would come to me this is from god you know and uh that's why it's like like many many famous people many success people you can ask them too you know like most of them they don't understand why them, why you become champion, why not other people, or why you become rich or why you become famous, there is like no answers, you know, like for example, like me, I don't try to be famous, for example, never, I never want to be famous, never in my life. Like when always I see like famous people, I feel bad for them, even when I was young, you know, but only one thing I was following, I want to be the best.

in the world this is what I will follow all my life and then I remember like it was I think 2000 maybe 17 too many camera like too many interviews too many people come to gym I was talking it was in San Jose I was talking with Javier he said coach I'm tired I just want to train I'm tired with camera everything like can you can we kick out everybody I just want to train I just want to be focused and he say, nobody's going to come, just lose. Nice. If you're going to be always winning, it's going to be more, more, more. If you don't want nobody can, okay, just lose.

But if you're going to be always winning, they all come. You have to understand. You have to understand this game, you know. It was like that time I understand, okay, what's going to happen? Okay, next five, six years, I'm going to fight. I'm going to beat everybody. Like, I'm going to become, like, big star. What I'm going to do with this?

Even this day, I don't understand what I'm going to do. It's very hard. You probably had a lot of, like, cool, like, gifts that you've gotten. Like, some people have had to probably have given you some, like, gifts, right? Gift? Yeah, you probably got some cool gifts along the way, right? Yes, a lot. What's the coolest gift that anybody's ever given, Khabib?

Coolest gift. It's been, like, holy shh, you know. A lot of cars. A lot of cars? A lot of cars, you know, but I'm not a fan. Honestly, I'm going to be honest. You know my cars? Of course I like, but I know, like, a lot of people, they, they'll fend like crazy.

You know, it's like, they have money, they buy cars, like. You never bought any, like, in my life, I buy only one-time car. What car is? All other cars, like, it was Ranger Rover. Really? Yeah. It's pretty fast. Did you feel nice car?

It's a nice car. It's very nice car When people look They don't like This car don't look like It's low key sauce Not like G-Vagon or Bentley Like this

You should get like a white Did you pull up to catch with it In a smart car Did you pull up to catch LA Did you pull up to catch LA with it With the range rover No no I have in Dagestan I don't have car

But nobody's ever giving like a lion Or anything like a crazy Yeah that'd be interesting No no They give me But no one one person give me dog a dog right told you this dog no no no this dog from mother side the grandfather and from father side grandfather they both world champions no can you imagine i know it's like

american people is like crazy like dog fight you know i don't like this no honestly i don't like this like to watch like how dog fights you guys ever see how dog fights i've i've seen in movies but this is crazy only check this this dog from both side grandfather grandfather they both world champions dominated every other dog this dog now he became very big like 90 kilo so is the dog at your house like guarding the door no no no he in uh in my farm oh okay in my here in my farm i have ships you know ships i have a lot of ships i love this you know like small business for me but but this dog like five months he gained he gained like 40 kilo something like this dog name is like alabai you know you guys have to check they're

very big they become very big you know does he know any tricks huh does he know any tricks what's the trick like can he set her all over i don't understand like can he set can we sit down yes of course no no no no he's disciplined obviously he's not every dog can roll over though this thing will eat you live by very friendly very friendly he never fight with human like with people you know but uh it was like very good gift for me you know you know and of course like many cars like this I wouldn't take you much for like a sheep guy though yeah sheep is very interesting

sheep yes I have so you heard the sheep a dog never no no no so but you take so you have a farm with a bunch of sheep in it no not with ships oh I have farm I have cows I have like noos like sheep and and I hold this dog on this farm

what about a bear I don't have bear How many times consistently did you wrestle a bear? I've only seen, like, obviously we all seen that one video, but like, did you consistently do that? No, no, not consistently. Okay, good thing. We just, with father, we just meet him.

You just found the bear? No, it was like, you wrestled a bear in the wild? You don't see this video? I didn't see it. I'm sorry. I've heard of it, but I haven't, no, seen the video. The video of him as a kid just tussling with a bear. Did they have it, was it like had its claws off and his teeth out or something?

No. No, he was like from circus. you know like circle circle circle yes he was nice bear he was not wild bear of course that's crazy that's still wild you're wrestling a bear what was it like meeting uh pudin for the first time yeah it was like uh first time i met uh 18 when you were 18 oh 2018 it was for me it was like surprise you know like how did that come about um after fight after fight after fight he called me after fight he called me I remember was in lack room everything what happened police come they they they put us in lock room like 300 police come I

remember this in where Vegas Vegas the 300 Vegas Vegas police came no what happened after five oh oh okay oh yeah yeah there is it was a government governor from Nevada state okay yes he was there like jump people go crazy everything and then police come, they lock us in a locker room. And two hours we stay there. I was like, hey, why we stay here? Why you guys? Like, a lot of police come.

And I remember like Dana White, everybody told, yeah, you have to stay here. Okay. And my phone was off. And I remember Islam phone was on, you know. And the father called, they contact with father. father can call Islam and Islam gave me phone and I say

Putin going to call you and okay I'm like surprise you know big surprise and this is just after the fight too that's wild just after the fight and what do you say

congratulations congratulations we're proud of you it was an amazing fight like this and Of course, I'm not going to say everything. Yeah, yeah.

And then what you guys met? Like, you guys met in real life then after? Yeah, yeah. That he's like he invited you to that. After dead, we met in real life. He loves sport. He loves sport. He...

Doesn't he play, like, hockey and shit, too? No, not karate. He plays hockey. No, he play hockey, but he was... He does? Judo. He played judo when he was young. He played jude.

judo and he's master of sports of judo you know and of course hockey like in russia everybody love hockey have you ever linked with alex ovechkin i meet with him i meet with him like couple times he's good my friend you like him you know he knows like rind of course i like him he's a legend you know and he's my favorite hockey player growing up your favorite when i was yeah one of my first favorites alex ovechkin i would like to meet him i can you want to meet him yeah okay i can talk with him. All right. Maybe he...

We get him on here. Get him on the show. I'll give you a sheep for him in exchange. Okay. One sheep. I got one sheep in my grandma, I mean, my uncle's house. He has a bunch of sheep, too.

I'll donate a sheep if you can get a veggie. One sheep for Ovee? Deal. One sheep per guest, and I had to find a sheep in town. Have actually, like, I have a question. Huh? How old? What, sheep?

Yeah. No, I don't know. I was making that up. I don't really have any sheeped off. I can find some probably. This guy, this... Avechkin, one time, he invited me on his game. I was in San Jose.

Because, like, I feel like I'm from San Jose because I'm 10 years living there, like, you know, I was like training in AK, everything. Okay, he invited me and I'm, I come. After much, I realized San Jose, like, Shark, they named Sharks, yeah, Sharks, yeah. San Jose Sharks, they was playing against Capitals, Washington.

Yeah, yeah, and I'm like, I don't think because they have all this foreign like i was i was thinking all of much uh san jose this is uh avechkin team and they win they win they after much women i say congratulations he said thank you for joke you know no i said you win you said no i'm i was playing for washington i say sorry i didn't know this is there anybody throughout the whole entire course of you doing your thing that you'd want to meet Do you haven't met yet? I really want to meet Michael Jordan.

He's tough to meet. Why? Really? He keeps himself in a shell. Why? He's looking at me like that. Why? Just because he hasn't linked with you yet?

Exactly. Why? No, I don't know. I just think he's hard to get to. Like, Michael Jordan's very hard to get to. But he, he's living in the U.S., right? Yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure it could be if you pick up the phone, you can get Michael Jordan, you know.

Why Michael Jordan, you... I just watch... I play basketball, but not like Michael... Michael Jones. Yeah, I seen, you guys, you guys don't even bounce the ball. No, no, no, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is just travel? This is Dagestan basketball. Yeah, yeah, they travel, yeah.

That's like handball. This he told me one day, like, let's play basketball with this, like things. I said, no, no, I never play with this. You need a lot of hand-eye coordination for that. Like, we take, we wrestle, we run, you know, like, we do everything. You guys wrestle on the court? Yes. Oh, wow.

This is Dagestanian. I'll probably give up the ball right away. Wait, is that the thing where they throw the ball around and you guys wrestle. Yeah, I see. I've seen a video on that. I've seen that sport. You're gonna like this. Yeah.

Are you a three-point specialist? I will. I'm coming in hot. That'd be a good point to start. With Michael Jordan, I just watched, like, month ago, I watched his documentary. Because I'm working on my documentary, and it was very interesting to watch my friend, advice me, like, you have to watch this, you know. It's like, very impressive, very impressive.

Like, before this, his documentary, I didn't know about him. much like i just know michael jordan is the greatest basketball player and that's it another one i didn't know about because because in russia like in dougeson we don't follow much about NBA and be you know and it was very impressive you know for me to watch and uh i really want to meet this guy i don't know like it's very hard i didn't know it's very hard to meet with michael jordan but I really want to meet and it was one person I really want to meet

but it was Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali yeah I know Michael plays a lot of golf so I don't know if you're a golfer you golf? Yeah

this is call me play he all the time asked me hey let's play but I don't understand You don't want to play golf You're busy with the sheep Brother I don't understand this game

You could probably bomb it if you had good technique you could probably bomb it for well I will try I will try play maybe maybe now when I go to the San Jose we're gonna be there like one month maybe I will play with I will try maybe I'm gonna like or no I'm not gonna go back but I am fascinated by one time where's that farm though where is the farm it's Nagestan Dagestan yeah so how often you go back when you go back to the sheep go nuts because they see you again they're like man it can be no it's like I'm I'm not that popular.

You know that popular? I think they're like, ah, he's back, you know? I have people. They take care of them, you know. Once in while you pop in. How many sheep total? A couple thousand. Couple thousand?

You're running over there. A thousand? This is not much. 2,000, that one little dog, the superhero that's running around, take care of all these things? I have many dogs, but I have many dogs. That'd be crazy to see that. I can sell this guy.

I can sell this guy one dog. Can we come buy a sheep on that? You remember? You remember? You remember? Listen, I'll be honest with you. So, yeah, the first time we met Khabib was when we went to Abu Dhabi the first time, and we did that fake little interview prank on him.

But you know, we were supposed to do that live at the press conference. Yeah, we were. I was supposed to, yeah. We were going to do it live at the press conference. And then Dana said we could, and then they gave me the mic. Like, as you guys were sitting on like up there. And I had the mic, and I was about to ask on the live thing. And then they took it last second.

But that would have been funny. That was actually a really... People love that video because you're like, get dog. Yeah. Because he said, what can I do if someone, like, come? Yeah, he come to take, like, his money. My girl. My girl.

Oh, yeah. If you're scared, okay, buy dog? Because many people buy, you know. Now I can sell for you. Yeah, exactly. I love that. I love that. Really great stuff here today.

It's a great episode. I think we're great. We don't want to take a great time. Kyle, you ended off here. It's amazing. Thank you, bro. I really appreciate. I'm going to talk with Avichan.

Ovetkin? And we'd love to come visit the farm and buy sheep. And I'll take care of Michael Jordan for you, but it's going to cause you three sheep. Three sheep from Michael Jordan. Deal. We have a deal. I don't know where I'm going to put him, though, Khabib.

I don't know where we're going to put him. That's a deal. All right. All right, guys, we'll see you guys next episode.