Makhachev compared his style to Khabib's style

"I think Khabib puts more pressure in the fight. And I like to start fighting in the clinch. I use techniques from sambo, from judo. When I was young, I loved judo, I participated in sambo tournaments. So our styles with Khabib are a little bit different. But we have the same goal - to put him on the ground, hold him down, make him tired and finish him. You know why we have this plan? Because in the beginning we didn't have boxing gloves in our gym. We would come to the gym - and fight, fight, fight. Only when Khabib signed a contract with the UFC, we started boxing sparring."