UFC President Dana White has had a relatively awkward period with the defending champion of Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov. The statement of hanging gloves at UFC 254, Khabib repeatedly said that he had “stopped” to confront the “poor” enemies in the weight class. The only person Khabib also wanted to face, legendary MMA Georges St-Pierre, when he was 40 years old and was more comfortable acting as an actor than a boxer.
Anyway, President Dana White still has not given up to persuade Khabib Nurmagomedov to return to the ring. He still placed Khabib in the position of the champion and will also meet the Dagestan boxer in Vegas later this month.
The brother, the teammate of Khabib, the former Light Heavyweight champion – Heavyweight Daniel Cormier encourages White not to give up too soon.
“Khabib is simply suppressing a strong Justin Gaethje,” Daniel Cormier said on Podcast “DC and Helwani”. “That's why UFC needs khabib, why Dana White still wants him to come back.”
“If I am White, I will not stop convincing Khabib. Once is not enough, so ten times. Only Khabib Bridge still wants to talk, I will try to persuade him.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov still owns an unbeaten record 29-0, and a series of 13 consecutive wins at UFC. Dana White is currently expecting Khabib may be convinced if Conor McGregor becomes the Lightweight champion by “Khabib and Conor are jealous like water and fire”. However, UFC President himself was not very confident about this possibility.