“Habib in his own way did his job, dominated the struggle, in the stand, of course, was weaker, but who doesn’t miss? He’s done, he withstood everything. Habib completely fulfilled his plan for the fight and controlled the situation by 200%, ”TASS fighter quotes.
According to him, he had no doubts in the victory of Nurmagomedov, while he believes that the UFC champion had more interesting fights. He also expressed the opinion that Porrier was not the strongest rival.
“The next battle is likely to be with Tony Ferguson. I am waiting for this fight, it seems to me that it will be more interesting than the match with Porrier. I consider Ferguson a more serious rival for Khabib, ”added Kharitonov.
On the night of September 7-8, Nurmagomedov defeated Porrier with a strangulation in the third round and the second time in his career he defended the UFC lightweight champion title.
Earlier, the Krasnodar footballer Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov reacted to the victory of Nurmagomedov.