Dana White discusses Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement at UFC 254 | ESPN MMA

UFC president Dana White answers questions from reporters after UFC 254 on Fight Island, where Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Justin Gaethje in the main event and retired inside the Octagon. White also speaks about if a middleweight title rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker makes sense after Whittaker’s win vs. Jared Cannonier and more.

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[daniel-jseg]

He fought for his father and ended for his mother... legendary

[TheTupari]

I don’t think Khabib is coming back. He’s much more principled than the other fighters who say they’re “retired” and come back. I think he stands by his word.

[Harishthongz]

Khabib :- *retires*
Mcgregor :- "alhamdulilah"

[claytonbigbsy]

So happy khabib walked away on top considering the year he has had

[sportsfan_]

Can tell one of the biggest stars the ufc has ever had retired by the way Dana sounds. He's usually so jacked up after a card like that.

[therookie]

Dana sounds like he wants to retire too now

[ivyu]

If you think about it, Khabib is actually 30-0. remember he swooped in and smeshed Dillon Danis?

[benholland]

Everyone is so down after khabib, it was so emotional 😭

[scottmorrison]

"KHABIB LIFE IDEALS"

1. "EAT"
2. "SLEEP"
3. "GO TO GYM"
4. "SEND ME LOCATION"
5. " PRESS CONFERENCE"
6. "WEIGH IN"
7. "GO TO THE RING"
8. "SMESH"
9 . " ALHAMDULILLAH"







"REPEAT"

[Ben-xgig]

Khabib is the greatest of all time without question. He made it look easy tonight. Inshallah

[g.rosenberg]

khabib: RETIRES
lightweight strikers: THANK YOU GOD!!

[RAMONES]

Khabib Smash! My all time Favorite fighter is retiring..he will be missed I wish him and his family well. So happy and so sad.

[sportsfan_]

For Khabib to go out there and do that with a broken foot/Toes is even more absurd. Man had every excuse in the book to use & still put on maybe his best performance.

[cappy]

Khabib was definitely the best ever. He was literally unbeatable

[anthonyramos]

For anyone saying that Khabib will be You guys must not know the kind man Khabib is. His integrity is unmatched, he is a man of his word and if he says he’s not coming back, then that’s it.

[msouffront]

Khabib's foot was a ballon, but he didn't tell anyone and still won in dominant fashion.

[TheRealDemocat]

I've never (in my 25 years of watching the ufc) seen dana give a statement like this. it's like he genuinely doesn't know what's going to happen. there is no doubt in my mind that he doesn't believe khabib is retired.But when guys like GSP and Khabib say they're retired it's a big deal because they're men of their word. And guys like that only make exceptions for very special circumstances and GSP is as much of a "special circumstance" to Khabib as Khabib is to GSP. I think the next 6 months will be the most interesting climate in MMA the world has ever seen!

[lonerider]

UFC lost a real legend, it's not gonna be the same without you.

[anasshahid]

UFC 254 was an iconic night, the retirement of one of the all time greats Khabib 👏👏👏🦅

[scottmorrison]

1. Don’t kill John Wick’s dog ✅

2. Don’t battle with Eminem ✅

3. Don’t send Khabib your location ✅