{"id":552,"date":"2020-10-25T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T05:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=36230"},"modified":"2020-10-25T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T05:20:04","slug":"khabib-retires-abu-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/khabib-retires-abu-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Victorious Khabib RETIRES From UFC After Abu Dhabi Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I promised my mother this is going to be my last fight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An emotional and surprise farewell from <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/search?_sf_s=khabib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khabib<\/a> Nurmagomedov, who fought and won his final UFC fight in Abu Dhabi this morning, before announcing his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>The MMA superstar, who lost his father due to COVID-19 related complications in July this year surprised everyone by bidding farewell to the sport and thanking his team after retaining his undefeated Light Weight title in just two round versus Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p>He achieved his mission, to become the number one fighter, and now he&#8217;s stepping down&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I only want one thing from the UFC, I want to be the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude2e\ud83d\ude2e\ud83d\ude2e UNBEATEN Khabib announces his retirement after beating Justin Gaethje on Yas Island. He dedicated the training and the fight to his late father who died in July due to health complications relating to COVID19 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lovindubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lovindubai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC254?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC254<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vSKJfySOj\">pic.twitter.com\/3vSKJfySOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lovin Dubai | \u0644\u0648\u06a4\u0646 \u062f\u0628\u064a (@lovindubai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lovindubai\/status\/1320209494224359424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The fighter dedicated the training and the win to his late father<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"\">When ALLAH with you, nobody can break you, nobody,<br \/>\nThanks Father for everything, you teach all my life, may ALLAH grant you the highest Paradise<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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