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Khabib Says Demetrious Johnson’s Gaming Habit Made Cousin Lose Fight

Khabib Nurmagomedov claims his cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov lost a fight because of Demetrious Johnson.

“Mighty Mouse” is currently helping coach Khabib prepare Islam Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov prepare for their upcoming title fights. While Makhachev will defend his lightweight title against Arman Tsarukyan in the main event, Umar challenges Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight strap in the co-main event at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Johnson recently uploaded footage from the Dagestani camp where he can be seen spending some quality time with the team in addition to the training sessions. One of the clips features Khabib accusing the fellow GOAT contender of making Abubakar lose a fight. Khabib recalled Abubakar losing a fight due to excessive computer gaming with Johnson, whose obsession with gaming is well known in MMA.

“You play with Abubakar? Because of you, you take him all the time to game, he lose one fight,” Khabib said. “I remember this.”

Johnson admitted being close competitors with Abubakar at one point but said he hasn’t seen the Dagestani play in a while now.

“Me, Abubakar. We used to be like this [really close], good shooters, good playing,” Johnson said. “But now I haven’t seen him play in a long time.”

According to Khabib, Abubakar’s gaming career ended when they broke his computer.

“Because we break his computer,” Khabib said. “I know you think we joking, but we break his computer.”

Abubakar is 2-2 in the UFC and coming off a split-decision loss against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos that saw a two-fight winning streak snapped. Nurmagomedov was removed from the UFC roster this past February and signed with the newly-formed promotion Global Fight League earlier this month.

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com


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