UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires! Gets submission over Justin Gaethje

The most dreaded and undefeatable UFC light weight fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov once again proved his mettle in the UFC hurt sports having submitted Justin Gaethje in a triangle choke.

Pundits were of the view that the American could be Khabib’s toughest challenge, but it proved otherwise as the cage took a bow to The Eagle.

It was the first fight he would engage since the loss of his father. Khabib did not not fail to do his late dad proud.

According to Khabib: “I talked with my mother three days, I promised her this was gonna be my last fight in UFC. Today is my last fight. There’s no way I am gonna come here without my father., my father was always there for me”

Khabib now has a remarkable record of 29-0, but that’s where it will end after he announced his retirement during his post-fight interview.

As for Gaethje, who earned this fight after he successfully defeated Tony Ferguson earlier this year, his record now stands at 22-3.

Full Results

As culled from GIVEMESPORT, here are other results: “Elsewhere on the main card, Magomed Ankalaev stopped Ion Cutelaba in the first round, Lauren Murphy was victorious over Liliya Shakirova via submission in the second and Phil Hawes produced arguably the performance of the night to stop Jacob Malkoun in just 18 seconds.

“In the heavyweight division, it was Alexander Volkov who had his hand raised in the second round as he defeated Walt Harris, while the co-main event ended with Robert Whittaker successfully beating Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision.”