With UFC president Dana White recently announcing that the promotion has set a lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje for October 24 at UFC 255 , many of us, including myself, were shocked given the recent death of Khabib’s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Although I could offer my own speculation as I desperately reach for Michael Jordan parallels, the only real comparison worth mentioning is the fact that the death of Adbulmanap likely will bleed into a lot of the media coverage ahead of his son’s relevant sporting future. Rather than add that incoming boat of unfair intangibles, I’ll instead focus on the most intriguing aspect in this early look at the fight: the wrestling exchanges. Both fighters come from different stylistic bases, applying wrestling in totally different ways. Gaethje, who has been wrestling since age 4, embraced the American system of folkstyle wrestling, which he believes could trouble Nurmagomedov
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The most intriguing aspect of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje, explained – MMA Junkie