“Now MMA comes to people like that because there are Nurmagomedov. Habib's factor is one of the key. He greatly increased the recognition of MMA in Russia. First of all, due to his duel with McGregor. I noticed how much they learned about MMA after this battle - people began to follow and get sick. And after that, it still continued by inertia for two weeks and was reflected in the fight between Mineev and Ismailov. Everyone also looked at him and said: “Oh, so we have a good MMA!” - said Hajiyev in an interview on the Youtube channel "Editorial".
Habib’s duel with Conor McGregor took place in October 2018 and ended in a Russian victory with a strangulation.
Earlier, Olympic champion in wrestling Vlasov told how Nurmagomedov invited him to the UFC.