Belonging to Avar heritage, a Russian-Dagestani mixed martial artist, judo black belt, and freestyle wrestler, Khabib Nurmagomedov has created a history in MMA being the most dominant fighter with longest undefeated streaks of 26 wins. His latest 26th win was against New York’s own Al Iaquinta for the official lightweight championship at the main event of UFC 223 on 7th April, Saturday night.

Besides being the current lightweight champion of the UFC, Khabib Nurmagomedov is also a two-time Combat Sambo World Champion. His years of training on the wrestling mat has paid him very well, and he is popular among the fans with the nickname “The Eagle.” Besides his professional MMA and UFC career, only a few are familiar with his personal life. Has Khabib Nurmagomedov a wife and children to celebrate his latest victory against Al Iaquinta? Fans are excited to know:

So, let’s start exploring the UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov married life, wife, children, records, religion, net worth, career, next fight, wiki, and bio.

Khabib Nurmagomedov Married Life; His Wife and Children

Khabib Nurmagomedov is a secret preferring fighter when it comes to his married life and children. However, Khabib is a married man blessed with a beautiful wife and two children: a daughter and a son.

UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov married his partner in June 2013 and is still living together with their two children. The couple welcomed their daughter on 1st June 2015, and he took to Twitter to announce the news of their newly born daughter.

Today I became a father. My daughter was born. God, Thank you for everything. ☺👍 — khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) June 1, 2015

Caption: Khabib Nurmagomedov became a father of his first child, a daughter.

On December 30, 2017, Khabib welcomed his second child; a son Mohammed, on the day of his fight against Edson Barboza. When asked “whether the birth of his son motivated him on the fight,” Khabib replied to RT Sport:

Yes, this was a big motivation for me. I became a father for the second time, and he was born on the day of my fight. When I was going to the cage I was thinking about it. My son is going to watch my fights (later on) and it gave me a big motivation.

Khabib even gushed that he will train his son later on, but the choice of his future depends on his son only. He also joked saying he and his son might wrestle with bears one day.

Khabib Nurmagomedov Biography: Early Life, Parents, and Beginning of Career

Born in the year 1988 as the second child of his parents in the village of Sildi in Tsumadinsky District, Russia, Khabib spent most of his childhood in the state capital Makhachkala. His father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov is also an MMA fighter who fights in the Welterweight division of the PFL, Professional Fighters League. Nothing is known about his mother, but he has two other siblings: a younger sister Amina and older brother Magomed.

Caption: Khabib Nurmagomedov with his father, Abdulmanap.

Khabib’s father’s family moved to Kirovaul from Sildi, where his father, Abdulmanap opened a gym in the ground floor of their two-story building. Watching other students training at the gym, Khabib was fascinated by the sport and his interest in martial arts began to cherish.

Under his father’s tutorship, Khabib Nurmagomedov started learning martial arts and wrestling at an early age of six. At the age of 15, Khabib had already trained in wrestling and judo; all thanks to his father’s tutelage after moving to Makhachkala. He then started training in combat sambo at the age of 17.

Khabib Nurmagomedov made his first professional MMA debut in September 2008 in Russia and consecutively won four matches by October the same year. He then went undefeated over the next three years finishing 11 opponents out of 12. In April 2011, Khabib began competing for ProFc Promotion, and over the year, he had a whopping seven wins, finishing all his opponents via TKO or submission.

Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC Career, Records, and Next Fight

After smashing 16-0 record in ProFc and regional circuits in Russia and Ukraine, UFC called Khabib, and he signed a six-fight deal to be eligible to compete in the UFC’s lightweight division in late 2011. He made his first UFC debut on 20th January 2012 where he defeated his opponent, Kamal Shalorus via submission.

After four consecutive wins in UFC, Khabib suffered a knee injury while fighting against Rafael dos Anjos but won the fight via unanimous decision on 19th April 2014. Because of his recurring knee injury, Khabib couldn’t bout for two years, and on 16th April 2016, he aggressively took down his opponent, Darrell Horcher via TKO in the 2nd round.

Khabib Nurmagomedov racked up another victory against Michael Johnson in November 2016, and since the victory at UFC 205, Khabib has always expressed his wish to bout against Conor McGregor. Though he couldn’t fight McGregor for the title of lightweight champion, Khabib recently won against Al Iaquinta which made him the current lightweight champion of the UFC. His current record is 26 wins 0 loss.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s next fight has not been scheduled yet, but UFC lovers are expecting him to fight Conor McGregor in the next match. And, after the recent incident of McGregor’s attack, Khabib is more than excited to face off Conor in his next match. It’s yet to reveal, who will Khabib face in his next match?

Khabib Nurmagomedov Net worth

As an MMA fighter and consecutive wins in 26 matches, Khabib has made quite a fortune regarding his net worth. Though he hasn’t divulged anything about his net worth, his net worth is believed to be in millions.

As of 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s net worth is under review. Once reviewed; we will update you on Khabib Nurmagomedov net worth.

Khabib Nurmagomedov Wiki: Height, Weight, Birthday, Nickname, Religion

Being an MMA fighter, Khabib has amassed over 4.1 million followers on his Instagram account and 267 K followers on Twitter. Having birth sign as ‘Virgo,’ Khabib celebrates his birthday on 20th of September. Following the last birthday celebration in September 2017, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s age is 29.

His full name is Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov, but he is mostly known to people as Khabib Nurmagomedov or by his nickname ‘The Eagle.’ His nationality is Russian and belongs to Avar ethnicity.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has a reported height of 5 feet 10 inches. His body weighs about 155 lbs; a perfect weight to be in the lightweight division.

Khabib’s fans are crazy for his fighting style. His fighting style is a blend of Sambo, Pankration, Freestyle Wrestling, Judo, and Kickboxing. He is associated with the team of Gadzhi Makhachev Freestyle Wrestling Club and American Kickboxing Academy since 2013.

Khabib Nurmagomedov follows Muslim religion.