Khabib Nurmagomedov: uncertainty

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…He checked you. He was like, “Come here.” And he’d check. I knew it wasn’t something I could get away with. So, you know, since childhood, I was lucky that my father always kept me close, and I found myself in this environment among fighters who at that time- … were, I don’t know, they just didn’t compete in America and Europe back then. But in the post-Soviet space, they were the best at that time. And it helped me a lot to become mentally strong. Tell me more about your father. You’ve read a lot. You didn’t just fight. You were well-rounded and you told several stories about this. There was a book, what is it called? “Countries and Peoples.”…

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