Islam Makhachev is coaching laborious for his upcoming UFC 311 combat in opposition to Arman Tsarukyan on January 18th. Based mostly on how beat up he seemed in a brand new video posted to Instagram, he may be coaching a bit of too laborious. However not in line with Khabib Nurmagomedov, who chided his pal and protégé for skipping a session.
A bruised Makhachev approached Khabib and requested him to charge the newest week of combat preparation.
“We educated laborious this week, you may inform by my face,” Makhachev mentioned. “Let’s ask our coach.”
“Am I completely happy or not?” Khabib replied as he rode a stationary bike. “Actually? 4 out of 5. Did we take a break on Wednesday night? No in fact [we weren’t allowed to]. We solely relaxation on Sunday and Saturday night.”
Khabib is a notoriously robust coach and expects impeccable self-discipline from all his fighters. He’s made it clear he doesn’t actually benefit from the stress generated and household time taken to coach others, so he calls for nothing however the best possible from everybody.
So far it’s led to spectacular accomplishments, though there are limits to how laborious you have to be pushing an athlete earlier than competitors. We’ll see the outcomes of Nurmagomedov’s strategies on January 18th when Islam defends his light-weight title and Khabib’s cousin Umar makes an attempt to take the bantamweight title from Merab Dvalishvili.
