In October 2020, Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his farewell to the professional MMA arena. It was the time when he defeated opponent Justin Gaethje with a triangle lock in the second half. According to Khabib's share, although he could still play the top, he wanted to break up his career to spend more time with his family.
Closing his career with a record of 29 matches, but Khabib Nurmagomedov also had a “sadness” during the time of competition for UFC. Statistics show that he has never had a match to receive the Fight of the Night title in UFC events, which is quite rare for leading boxers.
In fact, there is a delicate reason behind this. The Fight of the Night title of UFC often comes with bonuses for couples weighing. There, the boxers often played in many rounds and had many opposites. However, Khabib proved to be prominent when winning with the difference score, or ending the match early.
The comfort for “eagle” is that he has 3 victories to receive the title of Performance of the Night. Those are the victories against Eddson Barboza, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. Two of them are Khabib's championship protection matches, when he soon won with a lock against his challenging opponents.
In the opposite direction, Khabib's legend, Conor McGregor, had 2 Fight of the Night (against Nate Diaz), 6 Performance of the Night and 1 Knockout of the Night. However, the match between Khabib and McGregor has no title and auxiliary reward.