Khabib Nurmagomedov, the ex-UFC lightweight titleholder, recently had a striking encounter with the Brazilian football icon, Ronaldo. Ronaldo, in turn, recalled an incident from 2015 – when Anderson Silva made a “prophetic” prediction about Nurmagomedov.
Ronaldo narrates that he was with Silva at UFC 2015 in May 2015. The “Spider” proclaimed that the Russian would become the “greatest fighter ever.”
I was in Las Vegas and Anderson Silva told me… He (Khabib) hadn’t become all that yet.
But Anderson told me: “He’s going to be the best fighter of all time.”
Nurmagomedov quickly returned the praise – acknowledging Ronaldo’s remarkable achievements with Barcelona:
You played 49 games for Barcelona and scored 47 goals. I understand numbers very well.
Check out the fight of the two BJJ pros in the video:
In related news, It has also been uncovered that Khabib turned down a $40 million proposal to make a comeback to the UFC:
When you’re the best fighter in the world, when you’re strong enough, when you have money, when you’re famous, it’s very hard to say no to all these things.
It’s very hard. It’s not easy.
It’s not easy [to] just say no to 20, 30, 40 million dollars.
But for myself, it’s not everything. This is not most important. It was not an easy decision, but if I decide, I decide.
It’s finished. I leave this alone. I am happy and I never regret my decision. Never.
