Khabib Nurmagomedov and his trainer and father, Abdulmanap, at a press conference in Moscow in November 2018. Photo: EPA
UFC 251: Muslim Salikhov honours Abdulmanap ‘father’ of Russian MMA, as Dana White vows to ‘leave Khabib alone’
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Khabib Nurmagomedov and his trainer and father, Abdulmanap, at a press conference in Moscow in November 2018. Photo: EPA