Former undisputed light-weight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov was left shocked to study his fellow former gold holder, Demetrious Johnson lays declare to none of his twelve championship belts earned throughout his gold laden run with the UFC — after the Kentucky native claimed they “disappeared” when he despatched them again to the promotion.
Nurmagomedov, a former light-weight champion and inductee into the Fashionable Wing of the promotion’s Corridor of Fame, hung up his gloves from fight sports activities again in 2020, following a submission win over then-interim champion, Justin Gaethje to unify the championships.
Khabib Nurmagomedov shocked to study Demetrious Johnson’s UFC belts “disappeared”
Calling time on his profession following a trio of profitable defenses in opposition to Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and the aforenoted, Gaethje — unbeaten star, Nurmagomedov — who nonetheless cabinets his championship belt trio at his residence, was shocked to study Johnson by no means obtained his spoils again from the UFC after returning them to the group.
Demetrious Johnson:”I had them, after which I used to be like, ‘Hey, I’m going to ship them again to UFC as a result of I can’t carry them again residence on my own.’ Then they disappeared.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov: “You’re supposed to have one you win and eleven defend, so you should have twelve belts.”
Demetrious Johnson: “Yeah, I should have twelve belts, but… but you have three championships, right?”
Khabib Nurmagomedov: “I have three championships in UFC. One time they told me I was supposed to bring my belt. They said said for the conference, ‘I said, brother, no. My belt’s going to stay home. You guys are going to bring it to the press conference.’”
Linked with a surprising return from his retirement simply earlier this yr, Johnson instantly turned down a suggestion from present UFC flyweight champion, Alexandre Pantoja to find out the best fighter to ever compete at 125lbs following his dominant rear-naked choke submission win over Kai Asakura at UFC 310 simply earlier this month.
