Nurmagomedov: If no big UFC tournament in Russia, I will not fight there

Khabib Nurmagomedov won the UFC lightweight championship belt and returned to the hotel as a hero. It was about 4 in the morning, but dozens of fans were waiting for the Dagestany. The fighter did not refuse anyone to photo. One of the fans of the talent came from Turkey and gave Khabib a T-shirt of the Istanbul "Galatasaray" with the number 7. Under this number Nurmagomedov's favorite football player Cristiano Ronaldo plays in Madrid "Real". Khabib looked very tired, but still agreed to answer a few questions.

- What will you do first, when you arrive to Russia? Whom will you show the belt?

- I'm going home to my family, my parents. And the belt... I showed in the octagon all I can. But who needs the belt? Of course, I will have more. But I hope that nothing will change very much in life.

- Don't you want to go on a tour of the cities of Russia?

- Required.

- What cities these will be? It is clear that you will visit Makhachkala. What others?

- Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar. Maybe we fly to the Far East. It will be interesting. It will be necessary to plan everything. But in April I'm not going anywhere.

- The battle for the belt - did you get the most money in your career?

- The most important battle, the biggest purse.

- Do you feel like a world star now?

- What kind of feelings are these?

- Like Cristiano Ronaldo...

- I have the same feeling, as usual. The belt was just given to me, that's all. These are the feelings. The fact that I became a champion, that's all.

- What do you spend your money on?

- Honor fee (smiling)... We have a normal fee, to be honest. We will see. It will be necessary to think about it.

- How much? UFC will open it anyway.

- We will see. Officially they name one sum, and in the end they paid me another one.

- Will your next fight be in November?

- If Russia organizes a big UFC tournament in September, I will fight there. And if it's UFC Fight Night, I'll fight in the US.

- Would you like to fight in Russia?

- Oh sure. I would like it very much. But everything depends on the leadership of UFC. Because if there is no big tournament in Russia, I will not fight there.