“I love football since childhood and have always dreamed of becoming a football player, but I was born in Dagestan, and there you yourself know what is the priority. Who knows, maybe if Ronaldo was born in Dagestan, he would also become the UFC champion.
"In general, I want to say that football is a sport. And, in my opinion, I became a fighter by accident. Just kidding, not by chance.
"Someday as a child I was sitting at a lesson (in the sixth grade), and I wrote 200 football names on a notebook (then there was no Internet).
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"I was glad to visit this legendary stadium and watch such a confrontation live,” Khabib wrote on Instagram.