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Khabib Nurmagomedov: “The terrorist attacks in Dagestan are a brutal act. People were killed five minutes from my home”
Khabib Nurmagomedov / Photo: © Chris Unger / Contributor / UFC / Gettyimages.ru
Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov called the terrorist attacks in Dagestan brutal and inhumane, and also denied media reports that the liquidated Gadzhimurad Kagirov was a representative of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s school.
According to the Investigative Committee, 15 law enforcement officers and four civilians were killed in a series of terrorist attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent on the evening of June 23. In Dagestan, June 24, 25 and 26 have been declared days of mourning.
Earlier, the Telegram channel Mash reported that Kagirov was a pupil of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s school and a member of his son Khabib’s Eagles FC fight club. Rizvan Magomedov, who represents the interests of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev and other Russian fighters, denied this information in a comment to Match TV.
— It offends me that all these moments are attributed to a certain sport or a certain hall. To go into a monastery and kill a person just because he professes a different religion… Does this need any condemnation? Is it not clear that this is a brutal and inhuman act? Where and how has such a thing ever been committed? In our Dagestan, representatives of more than 30 nationalities live, and, of course, the majority profess Islam, but there are also Jews and Christians. This has never happened in the 30-35 years that I have lived in Dagestan.
People were being killed five minutes from my house. How can this be normal? My children live there, my mother, my family, my brother, my relatives. I am in touch with people until the morning. People are being killed there, they are calling that terrorist attacks are happening somewhere. But how should I react to this?
We have it at school [Кагиров] was in 2021 and went through one training camp in our gym. When he switched from freestyle wrestling to mixed martial arts, he went through a training camp with us. In my opinion, he was with us for only a couple of months. And he is not a graduate of our school, this is absolute nonsense, this is not true. Yes, he trained with us for some time, but not even half a year has passed, Ruptly quotes Nurmagomedov as saying.
In professional MMA, Kagirov had two official fights and won both.
Source: Sportbox
Arman Tsarukyan / Photo: © Chris Unger / Contributor / UFC / Gettyimages.ru
Russian UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan said that he will give his compatriot Sharabutdin Magomedov, nicknamed Shara Bullet, an apartment in Yerevan if he defeats him in a grappling fight.
The fight is scheduled for December 30 and should take place in Yerevan.
“If Shara wins against me, then I will personally give him an apartment in Yerevan,” Tsarukyan said in a video published on the Red Corner MMA page on the X social network.
Tsarukyan defeated New Zealander Dan Hooker by submission in the second round at UFC Fight Night 265 in November 2025. He has 23 wins and three losses in MMA.
Middleweight Magomedov fought his last fight in July 2025 at the UFC on ABC 9 tournament, defeating Canadian Marc-Andre Barrio by unanimous decision. The Russian has 16 wins and one loss.
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Source: Sportbox
The injuries received by British boxer Anthony Joshua in a road accident in Nigeria turned out to be more serious than expected, and the British boxer’s future career is in question, reports the Daily Mail.
On Monday, on a section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Lexus SUV Joshua was in collided with a stationary truck. It was reported that the 36-year-old boxer, who was sitting behind the driver, received minor injuries and was hospitalized.
Promotion company Matchroom Boxing later said two of Joshua’s friends and team members, Sina Gami and Latifah Ayodele, died as a result of the accident.
“Joshua’s condition is stable and he will remain in the hospital under observation,” the organization said in a statement.
However, the media, citing sources close to the fighter, note that Joshua’s injuries were more serious than previously reported. It is assumed that the athlete injured his ribs and knee, and also suffered psychological trauma.
Olympic champion Joshua defeated American blogger Jake Paul in a fight in Miami on December 19. In total, he has 29 victories and four defeats in the professional ring.
Source: Sportbox
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Every day at 9 am, Ukrainians commemorate the people who lost their lives in the Russia-Ukraine war. Today Sport.ua recalls that 21-year-old Thai boxing master Vladislav Vakulenko, a very positive person, had great potential in the ring, but with the beginning of a full-scale invasion he decided to defend Ukraine. The fighter died exactly three years ago, on December 30, 2022, while conducting a combat mission near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
Vladislav was born in Kiev and has been involved with sports since his childhood. Just six months before his tragic death, he received a diploma from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine and dreamed of major competitions, medals and training future champions. In parallel with his studies, Vladislav trained in Muay Thai. The man hoped to return to training in the gym after the war.
Vladislav Vakulenko took up arms immediately after the Muscovites’ large-scale occupation of his territory. “We live with war! I understand that we live in a historical time when there are real brave comrades nearby, whose soul and body are eager for war… This is a time when you will remain a hero or die a hero,” he wrote on social networks.
His friends and coach remember Vlad as a man of light. He always smiled, joked, supported others, was a master of inspiration, did not make excuses, did not back down from difficulties. The friend wrote: “You’ve done more at this age than some have done in 50 or 60 years.” And Vlad’s mentor, Stanislav Voiten, recalls: “He did his best in training, gave his life in the fight against the invader. I am proud to have known him.”
Source: Sport UA
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