UFC 254 recap: Khabib Nurmagomedov retires after beating Justin Gaethje | ESPN MMA 

29 fight winstreak, most 10-8 rounds in ufc history, never got dropped, never got cut and finished 3 killers in a row. We witnessed greatness. Thank you Khabib and Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

“Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” - Khabib the Eagle 🦅

Brett and Ariel talking softly and calm... chael shouting as if his a captain of a fishing trailer and 2 guys have fallen overboard.

"They say he lost 1 round, according to me its ZERO" - Justin Gaethje

Khabib lost his dad & mentor, he broke his foot 3 weeks ago & multiple teammates had fights taken off the card & Khabib came out & delivered his best performance vs his biggest test. Some next level mental strength.

A shame Khabib, one of the all-time greats had to retire in an empty arena. No one deserved a huge ovation more than him.

Khabib: Retires Other Fighters: ALHAMDULLLAH

Even After Justin Gaethje, We Still don't Know The Colour Of Khabib's Blood..!!!

The hardest fight Khabib had in the octagon was taking off his gloves

Watching Khabib walk Gaethje down was just incredible to watch. I never saw that coming. He actually stood & exchanged the first 4 minutes.

He fought in honour of his father....and retires to honour his mother...may the almighty bless you and your family Khabib..

Difficulty settings: Easy Normal Hard Khabib the Eagle

He fights for his father and stops for his mother, What a man, what a career Conor round 4, Dustin round 3, and justin round 2. Ended his first fight with triangle choke and his last fight with the same submission. Thank you khabib 29-0 🦅

Khabib joins Sonnen. Undefeated and undisputed.

If khabib told his mum he won't fight again that's exactly what his going to do. A MAN of his word.

His father wanted him to be 30-0-0, but his mother said that it's enough. Even his father in heaven will have small laughter and say, "Don't argue with your mother, son. I also dare not argue with her."

Justin: i have been wrestling my whole life Khabib: hold on i’m choking brotha

There will literally be no other like Khabib. Hes a bigger champ outside the ring then inside. 29-0 just cant be replicated.

The most satisfying part of this is McGregor never gets his rematch.

I don't think we realised how spoiled we were by having the pleasure to watch Khabibs career play out. Truly an icon of the sport, the consummate professional, role model, respectful, a man of honour. Definitely the 155 GOAT and definitely a contender for p4p GOAT. Wish him all the best and thanks for letting us watch him perform.

Khabib fought extremely emotional. Noone would have ever guessed his plan for Gaethjes power was to just walk forward through it..... insane. Truly the GOAT.

This will still have to settle in, but the more time will pass, the more people will realize that we witnessed history surrounding a man, raised and trained in the Dagestani mountains, becoming bigger then the sport itself and retiring as undefeated undisputed champion 🦅 Some stats to highlight his career. -13 UFC fights, (allegedly ‘officially’ only losing 1 round). -Never been knocked down nor cut -Undefeated in the 155 division (which has been fittingly described as one of the toughest division(s) if not toughest) -3 title defenses, against a double champ, an interim champ, and Justin the interim champ, who beat Tony who possessed the longest winning streak in UFC lightweight history). Worth mentioning as well, Justin has never been submitted in his entire career... Fighting a minimum of a decade in MMA and possessing stats such as above is truly mission impossible, unless your name is Khabib. What an incredible achievement from a mma icon and truly a sports/mma legend. Khabib introduced an unprecedented ground game to the UFC. Underestimated for his boxing as well, he went toe to toe with the best strikers in the division. Khabib also brought honor, respect and loyalty to the game when at times this was overshowed in favor of ‘commercial trash talk’. Khabib and goat status will never be seperated from each other whenever his legacy will be discussed. While history was made and a legacy set in stone, Khabib reminded the world a lesson, ‘be good with your parents’.

As soon as I saw them taking his gloves off I knew he was done .. I’m not a big fan of Khabib but damm he is humble and one of the best fighters to ever do it much love and respect khabib

I expected khabib to win. but I thought it was gonna be a war and competitive .. and it turned out to be another dominant win by khabib ..

I remember chael crying in a post match interview talking about his dad. I bet he really relates to alot of Khabibs emotions

khabib starts the new chapter as a coach, welcome islam next

”We’ve never seen Khabib pressure someone on the feet” did they forget Khabib’s fight against Barboza? Or any other fight for that matter? Lol

Khabib Never lost a fight. Considering his perfect performance record, finish on top of his carrier is the best decision he could ever made! It is sad for the Sport but I am glad that the undefeatable living legend & humble Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov now can have some quality free time to be with his family and enjoy his success! Wishing him good luck in the next chapter of his life!

What a champion and person Khabib is.. infinity respect and love!

Chael looks like a mob boss on a zoom call putting a hit on someone.

29 victory 0 scars Now that's what ypu called G.O.A.T level carrer.

I feel honoured to have watch this guy’s career to the point where he’s such a megastar now. What a journey that was! Sad it’s ending but that’s life it was really something special!

Muhammed Ali, Michael Jordan and Khabib Nurmagomedov those are the ultimate sports LEGENDS all time they make sport bigger

It was a good 50/50 fight on the feet I was enjoying watching Khabib exchange with Gaethje he took and gave some good shots before he took him down and finished. Its crazy how good he is, greatest grappler ive ever seen.

NO NO NO it can't be true he's retiring. He's such a wonderful and honorable man. He'll always be a historic legend. My prayers are with you always. You will be very very missed. Enjoy your retirement❤❤🙏🙏

I think we're going to reflect on Khabib differently in retrospect. We're all bummed that the 29-0 one-in-a-generation takedown machine is hanging up the gloves during his prime. But seeing the way he dealt with being champ, viewing fame as something dangerous to his mind. The humbling of Conor. His incredibly powerful family values. Khabib really showed us something special in this social media era.

Greatest lightweight ever to do it. That's for sure. Easy retirement, champ.

No cuts, and never been knocked down he wasn't lying when he said he was the Floyd Mayweather of MMA

Khabib's talk game is as good as his fight game. He threw us off with his future fight talk, then slammed us down with the retirememt news.

The entire finishing sequence after eating the leg kick was just stellar. Unbelievable. Glad that commentators are talking about it.

Khabib to Justin prefight interview:" Be careful brother, I have very good jab... I have some thing special for you..." AKA the very first in UFC and most spectacular triangle submission. 🐐 special gift to Justin.😂

Khabib only lost one round in his entire career. Chael has never lost a round.

The fact he even won the fight is incredible considering everything that was on his mind.

Justin: "I'm gonna let kick you." Khabib: "ok great".

Khabib doesn't allow elite strikers (Conor/Dustin/Justin) to get into any sort of flow. They are so worried about getting taken down that they don't do what made them great.

Respect ✊ khabib he’s refreshing in the sport of MMA a true martial artist humble and respectful 🇮🇪

True undefeated champion, a humble guy, a man that honors his parent! He will be remembered as a real G.O.A.T! We gonna miss him!

What a journey to that fight. A lot of people would have crumpled under the stress. Legend fighter.

Khabib is the goat and simply brilliant :-)

Khabib wont break his word. So please someone get his mother to change his mind and fight one more time.Please!

He is the goat because 1. 29-0 Because 2. Most dominant fighter.

Khabib is a champion inside and outside the octagon.

What a champion. GOAT. Undefeated and undisputed! Will never be another like him! Thanks Chael!

Khabib is p4p best fighter in the world 🌍

I love when the uncle talks, such a different mood than the other two. Especially with that aggressive leg cross.

Against Conor he fought for his family, his culture, his religion, and his country. Against Dustin he fought with joy and pride as a warrior not dealing with the stress and antics McGregor pulled With Justin he fought through an abnormal amount of grief for his family, his legacy, and all with injuries and the pressure of the world to perform well. He did it all while making it look easy and forcing all his opponents to have to adapt to defend his style. He's a true legend of the sport

Khabib cleared that division 🤷‍♂️

Dustin vs Conor, Tony vs Michael.. Winner of each match fights for the Title. That should be fair.. instead.. of just jumping to give 1 of these matches the right to a championship right away.

Can’t even express how I felt after watching this fight!!!. We did a reaction video, but just really wasn’t expecting that!! Legend . Thanks for sharing guys

2:40 - Nailed it, that is all that is needed to be said! Justin Gaethje was the guy he needed to beat to pretty much nail any doubts simply because of what Justin brings and how he because of this Khabib had to keep it more on the feet during the fight. I was heartbroken Justin didn't get the win but at the same time Khabib deserves to have a wonderful retirement and Justin is one of the best and brings a real threat to the division which we are so lucky to be able to see, I look forward to seeing him hold the title someday soon and sending lots of love to Khabib, he deserves to put his feet up now and thank you for all he brought for our entertainment. ❤️🙏🏼 It's a new chapter in the lightweight division and I'm really looking forward to it (we can all look forward to this now) ❤️🙏🏼

That decision was definetly not emotional he said he talked 3 days to his mother about fighting this one last time

I haven't slept the whole night.

The undefeated, undisputed, never even lost a round! Chael Sonnen ladies and gentlemen. Khabib done well to of course😊

The GOAT. The legend even amongst legends Alhamdulilah. God blessed us to a wonderful role model.

we all know jones lost his last fight and cheated most of his fights by taking drugs🤷‍♂️

Been waiting for this !!

A fighter like Khabib is a joy to watch. I would love a chat. All good books ...stories need to end

I feel sad because with khabib's retirement this era is coming to an end. I feel old. Soon Conor will also retire and we will miss them both.

I'm truly happy for the new undefeated champ specially after the passing of his best friend/mentor/father/best coach much love to him and his family and his team from the bottom of my heart congrats to the new amazing champ

I've been reading hundreds of comments on all the post fight videos, and all of Khabib's fans are now Gaethje fans. So Khabib sent Gaethje all of his fans, because both guys were so respectful. Khabib's fan admire Gaethje now. Gaethje probably just doubled his fan base.

Khabib is the greatest fighter I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. I have watched Ali rope a dope, I have watched Tyson (both mike and fury), I have watched Jon Jones dominate for so long that the game caught up to him and Anderson silva fight until his bones betrayed him and through all of that Khabib has risen to the top of that pile. Good luck young man, condolences on your loss and know that your victories have meant a great deal to more than just your father and you. Well done, Sir.

Best fighter and great man. Thank you Khabib

AND STILL FOREVER 29-0 🦅

Khabibs the goat and it's not even close smh

These guys should have a podcast together, it would be really well rounded, informative and jokes

Khabib became a king, a legend. Pure gold. All the best for him.

He's Only 32 too. Talk about going out on top.

Did everyone forget how khabib mauled barboza? In my opinion that was his best performance together with the one from today!

I am a simple man: I see Chael and I leave.

In the end of this fight... They both made their parents proud, Men in their 30s doing things for their parents is very motivational

Can we take a second to appreciate the quality of Uncle Chael’s stream vs the other two?

Thank you khabib for everything What a legend🌹🌹🦅🌹🌹

This trio is legendary. The good, the bad and the ugly (areil)

😢 I’m gonna miss khabib in the ufc! I watch ufc because of khabib!

LW Grand Prix: Conor vs Poirier Tony vs Chandler Gaethje vs Hooker Oliviera vs Islam/RDA winner

1 khabib the 🐐🦅

The greatest ever. What a classy man.

Can we just talk about how amazing that rolling triangle was?? It was one of the best submissions I’ve seen in awhile.

Who’s disappointed that we didn’t get to watch a khabib interview with megan olivi

He literally said he talked about this with his mom for 3 days, this wasn't an emotional decision.

12:14 Brett's smile says it all. The explosiveness in Chael's attitude is very funny and captivating.

Khabib is very amazing and great with his tallent, I was respected at all Bravo

As much as I love Khabib (a lot), I like that he’s retiring and love how the lightweight division is shaping up. Conor, Dustin, Chandler, Tony, Justin and Olivera. Oh my!!

I feel so sad now

Great Champion for the ages... a Champion of champions. True master of sport, there will never be another like Khabib.

God bless u Brother

He said she had to talk to his mother for thee days and promised here that this would be his last fight. She didn’t want him to fight without his father.

GOAT

Thank you khabib🇧🇩❤️

Bret you are the best! Never biased