Former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov reacted to defeat Dustin Poirier in a duel against the current title holder Charles Oliveira... The Brazilian won by rear naked choke in the third round.
“Every person has a resource. A man starts a new business, he is on fire. But time passes, the person fades away. He wants to sell everything and start something new. The same thing happens with a fighter. There is fire, hunger when you want it badly. But there comes a time when you want it, but not so much. The fire died out, but the numbers remained in the contract. And you think that these numbers can be pulled out by a fight. Fighters have such moments.
I saw it. When he says after the fight that he needs to sit down and think if he needs all this. If such thoughts come to mind, it means that he will win and lose. But he won't go all the way. I always tell my fighters that while there is time, you need to actively fight. And if this switch is flipped once, it will never come back. And I think he clicked at Dustin. Now is the time of Charles Oliveira, "- said Khabib at a press conference.
