A lot of people call me number one
pound-for-pound fighter, I want to be like most
dominant fighter in years.
This is my dream.
It was the last event for the legendary,
undefeated and considered one of the
greatest of all time.
Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC 254 was a huge event and
one of the few sporting events to take place
during the time of covid. Nurmagomedov
would take on fan favorite fighter, Justin
Gaethje to defend his belt for the last time.
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One of the first fights of the night was between
Jacob Malkoun and Phil Hawes.
Hopefully you didn't blink.
This is mine now
In what was one of the fastest knockouts of all
time Hawes came out in the first round with a
flurry of hooks and put Malkoun on the ground 20
seconds into the first round.
This was one of Hawes first fights in the UFC
and it quickly put the New Jersey native on the
map.
We'll be seeing Hawes again when he takes on
Kyle Daukaus at UFC Fight Night.
Next up in the heavyweight bout, we had
UFC rising star Alexander Volkov going
against Walt Harris.
Both fighters were eager to move up in the
rankings. In the first round
it looked like Harris might have a speed
advantage, but before the end of the round, he
was clear Volkov was doing some heavy damage
with well-timed shots.
In the second round, Volkov landed a front
kick that was dangerously clean and
came in swinging for the victory.
He can get that leg up - OH.
Volkov doesn't understand necessarily
what's going on here.
Harris responded like it was a low shot.
Take a look at this fight sequence,
beautiful shot to the body.
That was a perfect shot, I mean, that is what
dreams are made of when you throw that strike.
This will be Volkov's 6th official win with
the UFC.
This fight took place on Volkov's birthday.
Victory is a pretty good gift.
We can't wait to see who Volkov takes on next.
Next up, former UFC champion Robert
Whittaker was taking on Jared Cannonier, who was
eager for a title shot. Right away in the first
round, Cannonier got Whittaker to fall to the
ground and followed up with a kick that put
Cannonier on the ground.
Throughout the fight Cannonier's outside leg
kicks were weighing down the former champ
while Whittaker's jabs kept landing.
Finally, in the third round, Whittaker landed
a one two right kick that had Cannonier
stumbling and both fighters ended up on the
ground.
trying to survive.
Eventually, the two middleweights ended back
up and finished the fight with two strong
performances, Whitaker was given the victory by
unanimous decision and his quest for a rematch
with Adesanya continued.
Finally, we had the fight we'd all been
waiting for. The bear wrestling, undefeated,
lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov
would take on one of the UFC s most entertaining
fighters Justin Gaethje.
In the first round
Gaethje tried to dish out some striking
damage, but Khabib was relentless with putting
on the pressure.
In the final seconds of round one, Khabib looked
like he had Gaethje in an arm lock, but the
buzzer sounded before he could secure it.
In the second round, Khabib be wasted no time
and got Gaethje on the ground and into a
triangle choke that put Gaethje to sleep.
With that front kick, take down by
Nurmagomedov against the back wall, right into
the full mount.
I mean, that was a fantastic transition
with a lot of time, he's gonna go right back to
the same position.
He's going to triangle here, triangle into the
arm bar.
He's tapping. It's over. He chokes Justin Gaethje
to sleep.
Quickly,
It was an emotional moment.
Khabib's father had previously died to
COVID.
Nurmagomedov didn't want to fight without his
father, declared his retirement right then
and there.
I with my father, more than 10 years old, my
team, came back with coach.
Coach.
I love him so much.
All my team.
Oh, thank you.
Today, I want to say it was my last fight and no
way I'm going to come here without my father.
It was first time.
I got to hand it to Khabib's dad for making
his son the greatest fighter of all time.
What was the best moment of the night? Do you
think Khabib will come back to make it 30 and
zero?
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