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 ...
- 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?
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- 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.