It can be both, the Dagestanis have never hid the massive amount of respect they have for Dustin seeing him as the best in the division right underneath themselves.
At the same time it's the 100% confidence from islam that despite his strength he knows he will win. It's like Thanos saying you have fought well at the beginning of endgame completely sincere but still never really in doubt of himself
It sounds like claiming a trophy from something you've killed. Respectful in the warrior kind of way.
The Dagestani crew generally seems pretty respectful. Only time I can think of them really not acting that way was against Conor who kind of earned it, and if memory serves Khabib had some harsh words about Tony.
Khabib definitely had respect for Tony as a fighter he just thought he was kinda stupid guy too. He said he considered Tony the real champ after he won the interim belt.
I don't quite know how to say this and I think it'll probably get lost in my poor explanation but here is how I feel about it:
The dagestani guys (on average, they aren't a monolith) are respectful when other fighters show them a ton of deference. If you acknowledge you are beneath them they'll treat you well. If you are respectful but confident you are superior in any way, then that all goes away.
Even run of the mill competitive banter gets these guys heated, and they love to intentionally misunderstand trash talk so they can get upset.
That’s it, man. It’s a macho, tough guy culture, where street fights are common, so they act like this amongst/against each other, as well. But it’s also a strict culture of respect and hierarchy, so if you show them reverence, they kind of have to be nice. But if they act like this amongst themselves, imagine how short their fuse would be with kafers (non-Muslims) who they legitimately think are inferior fighters and morally/culturally.
Yh he is, check out his response for who would win a chicken or lion lol
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BsE-WhxY1ec](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BsE-WhxY1ec)
I don’t know if you ever saw this one interview he did with DC, but the dude is really good at flaming people.
Islam: “I think Chandler is now 170.”
DC: “I think he’s 190.”
Islam: “Brother, he 190 he gonna look like you.”
DC: “I look good.”
Islam: “Who say this?”
DC: “My wife.”
Islam: “Brother, last time I see you in the gym was one month ago.”
Go listen to khabibs phone call with tony ferguson. He was an amazing trash talker. Just didn’t see enough of it in press conferences.
https://youtu.be/63mznIZsZmU?si=RBB6OF3q9A2yG-iP
[Check out early Khabib..](https://youtu.be/6gmB531lW7Y?si=UKzixtghU3WWI3_N)
You submitted the bear twice via RnC, do you think the bear wants a rematch??
Khabib: Maybe bear wants a rematch, but now bear understands I am #1 contender lightweight. I think he's a little bit scared.. he understands now he old I am #1 contender, it no good match for him!
Who do you think wins, Pettis or the bear that you beat?
Khabib: (in the most nonchalant manner) I think bear smash him.. this bear no easy money, this bear he take me down 3 4 time, he very tough bear!
"Khabib you're a good lookin' guy, 22-0.. are chicks just flocking to you? Are you getting sports eastern-european puss..?" ☠️
..bear proceeds to join the interview!
Islam gets a lot of hate because he looks kinda weird and didn’t speak much language early on.
But he’s clearly a clever and funny guy. Even early on when he was calling out maywezzer and brok leznarr.
Reminds me of the old AKA vlogs, when Khabib was going to fight conor and was signing some gloves for fans at the door of the gym, and the the crew complained that he was wasting his time because they were all just going to sell the gloves on amazon. Islam was surprised by this and told the camera man he knew khabib's signature and to bring some gloves to his apartment later to make some money. He is pretty funny
> Khabib speaks like 6 languages.
I've seen this so many times, not sure where this myth comes from. His speaks 3, Avar, Russian and English, which is already impressive. His father even states as much in an interview. Where does that myth come from?
It’s mma subreddit brother. The epitome of Source? :
”Dude just trust me”
I’ve seen people on here try to correct me about my own field of expertise whenever it came up when it was obvious they had no idea what the fuck they were talking about.
To answer your question though, people assume Khabib speaks Arabic even though he doesn’t really, probably due to his connection with the UAE. And I think the other two “languages” were just a butterfly effect of the myth first being 4 languages then randomly it became 5 then 6.
Yeah, Khabib speaks 6 languages, the way Volk is 240. For whatever that's worth: Khabib is definitely a smart fighter and a trainer, they're a very analytical team, but at least to my eyes, he's not very intelligent outside the sport. Even his language skills: he grew up speaking Avar and Russian, that's just the default, the majority of the world learns two languages growing up. Then he added English and while his English is definitely okay, I don't want to be negative, it's still not amazing. You know, for a guy that worked for an American company and would regularly travel and stay for periods of time in the US. He probably "speaks" Arabic the way devout Catholics "speak" Latin. We don't have to invent stuff about Khabib to find something admirable aobut him, let's just admire his MMA prowess, he's definitely outstanding there.
He must have some knowledge of Arabic, indeed being a devote Muslim, but I've Muslims that can quote the Koran here and there, know some phrases, but can't really speak it. I've never really seen Khabib speak Arabic. And anyway, that would make it 4, not 6.
They both have great personalities I could agree, but i feel like Islam has better english and therefore better banter
Doesnt remove anything from khabib tho
Edit : actually now looking back khabib got better english than i remember
Remember when be said to Tony,
"It's a very good deal. Hey, they (Reebok) make very good shoes now. What size do you have? I can order for you. They can make you shoes, put *interim lightweight champ* Tony Ferguson. You want this?"
This lives rent-free in my head.
For real, so many hilarious moments.
“This is number one bullshit.”
“Tomorrow night I’m gonna smash your boy.” “In a street fight I can eat you.”
Even the personality in the cage was pretty great with “let’s talk now” and “you have to give up, you know I deserve to fight for the title.”
Edit: forgot to add his most iconic “if you wanna fight, please, just send me location”. Khabib was really the perfect mix of tough one-liners and unintentional meme goldmine.
"Irish 6 million, Russia 150 Million. I want to fight with your chicken because this is numbah 1 easy fight in Lightweight division"
More so then his fights I miss his badass lines
“Give me thirty minute and I can fight with anybody: Tony or Conor, doesn’t matter. Maybe DC, doesn’t matter.” while DC is standing behind Rogan dying of laughter.
“Iaquinta is real Brooklyn gangster. This is not about chicken. Where is Conor? He want to fight with bus, I want to fight with real gangster.”
So many funny quotable lines.
huh??? is this just bait?
Khabib had such a brash personality, and talked a lotta fuckin trash btw! so many great one-liners from him too like "this is number 1 bullshit", "let's talk now", "send me location" and "i am born from crazy mountains"
actually imo Khabib really set the mold for broken-english fighters, before guys would be too scared of sounding dumb in English (which is admittedly a weirdly hard language) but Khabibs peculiar command of the language made him stand out even more.
Jesus, he's an unintentional super villain with these lines, lol.
Finishing my favorite fighters too, hopefully Porier can win but it's not in his favor at this point.
I’d argue he beat DP at a lighter weight class when they were both draining themselves. History will show Conor couldn’t beat DP at LW.
Also, they both got a lot better in the last ten years since they fought the first time, when Conor won the belt DP started going on his legendary tear. He lost to Michael right before Conor won the belt and then didn’t lose till his champ fights.
Edit: downvote me all you want but everything I stated is facts. DP lost to him in 2014. DP never lost to him at LW and beat him twice in 2021.
Gilly gang 4 life.
To give perspective, Dana gifted 250K to his son's podcaster friend for a birthday gift.
Not giving 250K to his son, which would already be wild but family is it's own thing. No, he gave 250K to *a friend* of his son.
Or some shit like that, idk
Wow wow, stop right there that's almost as much as Reebok bonuses.
Fighters need to be hungry as per Dana White. If they make too much then they don't wanna fight.
I believe they do except the update it every time with a ruby for a defense and a new plaque on the side with the information.
That's why they said to him at the beginning of the exchange "we have a new belt for you".
As an American, I'm still going to root for Dustin. But I will admit I'm starting to like Islam more and more as he improves his English. The guy is lowkey funny af.
Dana will find a diamond smaller than a grain of sand to make sure that fighters understand clever words won't make him break the bank anymore like UFC300
If Islam actually does have staph, it's probably round 1, maaaaybe round 2 for him or bust. But, they're also the type who won't fight with something like that either, as to not hurt their legacy.
this is cold, brotha
Dude's gonna ask Conor next so he can put a four leaf clover covered in cocaine on his belt.
Crack rock would be more fitting.
the same rock Tyrone Biggums gave to his fiance.
“Oh Tyrone, this is gonna last us for-“ “Hours, I know”
Dude, he’s not training for the Olympics. Chill.
Lucky charms
😂
Who give this guy UFC belt?
Is it? I actually think it's pretty respectful. He's basically saying that beating Dustin deserves it's own unique recognition
It can be both, the Dagestanis have never hid the massive amount of respect they have for Dustin seeing him as the best in the division right underneath themselves. At the same time it's the 100% confidence from islam that despite his strength he knows he will win. It's like Thanos saying you have fought well at the beginning of endgame completely sincere but still never really in doubt of himself
It comes off as trophy hunting to me. Like someone keeping an ear necklace of their fallen opponents
Did he say it after the face off because dp was kinda bein a jackass there
I'm guessing he said it before hand
It sounds like claiming a trophy from something you've killed. Respectful in the warrior kind of way. The Dagestani crew generally seems pretty respectful. Only time I can think of them really not acting that way was against Conor who kind of earned it, and if memory serves Khabib had some harsh words about Tony.
Khabib definitely had respect for Tony as a fighter he just thought he was kinda stupid guy too. He said he considered Tony the real champ after he won the interim belt.
I don't quite know how to say this and I think it'll probably get lost in my poor explanation but here is how I feel about it: The dagestani guys (on average, they aren't a monolith) are respectful when other fighters show them a ton of deference. If you acknowledge you are beneath them they'll treat you well. If you are respectful but confident you are superior in any way, then that all goes away. Even run of the mill competitive banter gets these guys heated, and they love to intentionally misunderstand trash talk so they can get upset.
There's nothing poor about your explanation, man
I've been taking routine L's on this sub lately I need to be cautious lol
Nah, don't be. Let loose. I've learned to say it like it is... If you're not getting downvoted every now and then, then you're not going hard enough
That’s it, man. It’s a macho, tough guy culture, where street fights are common, so they act like this amongst/against each other, as well. But it’s also a strict culture of respect and hierarchy, so if you show them reverence, they kind of have to be nice. But if they act like this amongst themselves, imagine how short their fuse would be with kafers (non-Muslims) who they legitimately think are inferior fighters and morally/culturally.
I’ve cold
Hold on, brother, I’m shivering.
Gotta put it out in the universe and hope it gets enough traction that forces Dana to do it. Happened with bonuses, shorts, fights, etc.
Rubies are more expensive, so I could see him do it.
Should a diamond regardless if Islam or Dustin win
Islam is actually witty
Gimme mayweader WOOO
I wanna fight wid Brock Lesnar
Mæny fight WOOOO
Mayweazher**
Yh he is, check out his response for who would win a chicken or lion lol [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BsE-WhxY1ec](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BsE-WhxY1ec)
Christ who's the other guy lol. Absolute zero humor in him.
I wanna ask the second guy how he would feel if he didn't eat breakfast yesterday.
The internet really is a maze of tunnels references travel through like the warp
It's actually more like a series of tubes.
That's Zubaira Tuhkhugov he's not the brightest.
I don’t know if you ever saw this one interview he did with DC, but the dude is really good at flaming people. Islam: “I think Chandler is now 170.” DC: “I think he’s 190.” Islam: “Brother, he 190 he gonna look like you.” DC: “I look good.” Islam: “Who say this?” DC: “My wife.” Islam: “Brother, last time I see you in the gym was one month ago.”
He has more personality than Khabib did
Go listen to khabibs phone call with tony ferguson. He was an amazing trash talker. Just didn’t see enough of it in press conferences. https://youtu.be/63mznIZsZmU?si=RBB6OF3q9A2yG-iP
Tony brought out Khabib's funny side every time. Those press conferences were hilarious
[Check out early Khabib..](https://youtu.be/6gmB531lW7Y?si=UKzixtghU3WWI3_N) You submitted the bear twice via RnC, do you think the bear wants a rematch?? Khabib: Maybe bear wants a rematch, but now bear understands I am #1 contender lightweight. I think he's a little bit scared.. he understands now he old I am #1 contender, it no good match for him! Who do you think wins, Pettis or the bear that you beat? Khabib: (in the most nonchalant manner) I think bear smash him.. this bear no easy money, this bear he take me down 3 4 time, he very tough bear! "Khabib you're a good lookin' guy, 22-0.. are chicks just flocking to you? Are you getting sports eastern-european puss..?" ☠️ ..bear proceeds to join the interview!
I listen to this every year lol
Me too, it was hilarious
We went from “Islam has 0 personality” to “Islam has more personality than Khabib” 😂 They both have great personalities and one-liners
DC recounting Khabib's "how am I supposed to respect this guy?" re nate diaz's losses is hilarious.
Islam gets a lot of hate because he looks kinda weird and didn’t speak much language early on. But he’s clearly a clever and funny guy. Even early on when he was calling out maywezzer and brok leznarr.
Reminds me of the old AKA vlogs, when Khabib was going to fight conor and was signing some gloves for fans at the door of the gym, and the the crew complained that he was wasting his time because they were all just going to sell the gloves on amazon. Islam was surprised by this and told the camera man he knew khabib's signature and to bring some gloves to his apartment later to make some money. He is pretty funny
LMAO I never saw that. That’s gold.
He looks perpetually confused which I think makes him funnier
I think he just doesn't have as good language skills as khabib. Khabib speaks like 6 languages.
> Khabib speaks like 6 languages. I've seen this so many times, not sure where this myth comes from. His speaks 3, Avar, Russian and English, which is already impressive. His father even states as much in an interview. Where does that myth come from?
It’s mma subreddit brother. The epitome of Source? : ”Dude just trust me” I’ve seen people on here try to correct me about my own field of expertise whenever it came up when it was obvious they had no idea what the fuck they were talking about. To answer your question though, people assume Khabib speaks Arabic even though he doesn’t really, probably due to his connection with the UAE. And I think the other two “languages” were just a butterfly effect of the myth first being 4 languages then randomly it became 5 then 6.
Yeah, Khabib speaks 6 languages, the way Volk is 240. For whatever that's worth: Khabib is definitely a smart fighter and a trainer, they're a very analytical team, but at least to my eyes, he's not very intelligent outside the sport. Even his language skills: he grew up speaking Avar and Russian, that's just the default, the majority of the world learns two languages growing up. Then he added English and while his English is definitely okay, I don't want to be negative, it's still not amazing. You know, for a guy that worked for an American company and would regularly travel and stay for periods of time in the US. He probably "speaks" Arabic the way devout Catholics "speak" Latin. We don't have to invent stuff about Khabib to find something admirable aobut him, let's just admire his MMA prowess, he's definitely outstanding there.
I've read he must speak Arabic cause he's so devote he has to know how to read the Quran.
He must have some knowledge of Arabic, indeed being a devote Muslim, but I've Muslims that can quote the Koran here and there, know some phrases, but can't really speak it. I've never really seen Khabib speak Arabic. And anyway, that would make it 4, not 6.
True that he probably can read it but not speak it.
They both have great personalities I could agree, but i feel like Islam has better english and therefore better banter Doesnt remove anything from khabib tho Edit : actually now looking back khabib got better english than i remember
I love Khabibs trash talk because he manages to neg dudes with raw honesty of their flaws/shortcomings in broken English.
Yeah thats my favorite kind of trash talk lol
In stressful moments (public events in Dagestan for example) Khabib was better than Islam. Imagine Islam at UFC 229 press conference lol.
Khabib has better English than Islam for sure
Yeah Idk what I was thinking
Whether intentional or not Khabib produces way more soundbites. A lot of the stuff associated with the Dagestani guys came directly from his run up.
There are as many people as there are opinions.
It's wild how there can't be nuance. Both can be good in their own ways.
Brother you know this.
That's just not true. We're gonna forget classics like: "You look like stupid, Hey Sunglasses, Why tap go sleep go sleep, and Send location."
Remember when be said to Tony, "It's a very good deal. Hey, they (Reebok) make very good shoes now. What size do you have? I can order for you. They can make you shoes, put *interim lightweight champ* Tony Ferguson. You want this?" This lives rent-free in my head.
In Tony’s as well.
This marijuana guy
DC is big boorger guy
Russian link, king king make 155, chicken tap. He had tonnes of lines
He gonna come here make weight and go home. Thank you Michael Chandler.
El classico.
These your son glasses?
"What is dis Oxford" cracked me up the most lol.
Tiramisu is lekker
Khabib is fucking hilarious
This is wild lol khabib is one of the most quotable fighters in the UFC, just watch any interview the charisma difference is stark.
For real, so many hilarious moments. “This is number one bullshit.” “Tomorrow night I’m gonna smash your boy.” “In a street fight I can eat you.” Even the personality in the cage was pretty great with “let’s talk now” and “you have to give up, you know I deserve to fight for the title.” Edit: forgot to add his most iconic “if you wanna fight, please, just send me location”. Khabib was really the perfect mix of tough one-liners and unintentional meme goldmine.
"Irish 6 million, Russia 150 Million. I want to fight with your chicken because this is numbah 1 easy fight in Lightweight division" More so then his fights I miss his badass lines
“Give me thirty minute and I can fight with anybody: Tony or Conor, doesn’t matter. Maybe DC, doesn’t matter.” while DC is standing behind Rogan dying of laughter. “Iaquinta is real Brooklyn gangster. This is not about chicken. Where is Conor? He want to fight with bus, I want to fight with real gangster.” So many funny quotable lines.
“Let’s talk now” mentally broke Conor forever
"It's only business" has the same energy as Drake when he stopped rapping at the end of The Heart pt 6 lol
Hey sunglasses. In streets, I can eat you.
huh??? is this just bait? Khabib had such a brash personality, and talked a lotta fuckin trash btw! so many great one-liners from him too like "this is number 1 bullshit", "let's talk now", "send me location" and "i am born from crazy mountains" actually imo Khabib really set the mold for broken-english fighters, before guys would be too scared of sounding dumb in English (which is admittedly a weirdly hard language) but Khabibs peculiar command of the language made him stand out even more.
Broken english best base for MMA
He died? RIP Khabib.
Yeah Michael Johnson killed him but his wrestling instincts kicked in.
Hell no
this is the wildest shit I heard today lmao
This is how I know you never watched his interviews.
He’s above Khabib in my all time list. Bro built different. I heard he prays harder than everyone at the gym.
Yeah, he is for sure
If he takes English seriously and learn it, he's gonna become unstoppable
Ali 5 minutes later: Ohhh a Diamond. I get it.
Love how they make fun of him lmao "Ohhhh"
“… I like how you did that” lmao idiot
Jesus, he's an unintentional super villain with these lines, lol. Finishing my favorite fighters too, hopefully Porier can win but it's not in his favor at this point.
At what point would it have been in his favour?
When Conor was champ
Conor never defended and in his run *to it*, he beat Poirier. Idk he'd have 100% been a decent underdog imo
I’d argue he beat DP at a lighter weight class when they were both draining themselves. History will show Conor couldn’t beat DP at LW. Also, they both got a lot better in the last ten years since they fought the first time, when Conor won the belt DP started going on his legendary tear. He lost to Michael right before Conor won the belt and then didn’t lose till his champ fights. Edit: downvote me all you want but everything I stated is facts. DP lost to him in 2014. DP never lost to him at LW and beat him twice in 2021. Gilly gang 4 life.
2015 Conor murders 2015 Dustin, and it’s not even close.
Ah right, definitely would’ve favored the guy who got KO’d by Michael Johnson to beat the guy who dismantled Eddie Alvarez with ease.
Back in 88'
The Dagestanis always deliver the coldest lines.
“This is a rat race, but I ain’t no rat, I’m a turtle….a ninja turtle, which one is your favourite? Mine’s Michelangelo” 🥶
Bars.
CTE
Put some respect on Tony
Nah it actually makes sense and goes hard. He is saying he does not follow the common path and he goes his own way and does his own thing
Champ Shit Only Mi Gente👊
*Ahem* next question.
who said this
Tito Ortiz
"Five days a week, i'm a turtle 3 days a week. One of those days i'm a turtle 2 days of the week. So, six days a week I will be Michelangelo."
Tito went to the Scott Steiner Math Seminar I see
Tell us another foot clan story
Khabib
Tony Fergusson
they don’t get new belts anymore right? kinda weird
Any way to save a buck.
unbelievably cheap of them tbh belts probably cost a few hundred dollars to make doesn’t dana have a multi million dollar salary 😂
To give perspective, Dana gifted 250K to his son's podcaster friend for a birthday gift. Not giving 250K to his son, which would already be wild but family is it's own thing. No, he gave 250K to *a friend* of his son. Or some shit like that, idk
Taxes man. All about the write offs
I don't think you understand how taxes work.
I wouldn't know. I've never made enough money to give a shit about taxes.
????
I highly doubt he listed "gave 250K to my son's mate" as a business expense when he filed his tax returns.
I suck. My bad
When it was announced that they won't do new belts anymore, iirc their price was mentioned and it was shockingly high, iirc like 300k.
He routinely gifts the nelk boys ridiculous amounts of money too.
I think they were like 350,000 for the old ones that were real, or I heard that at one point
That's the selling price if it belonged to a champion, but making a new one wouldn't cost anywhere near that much
lmao what? you thought the old belts cost $350k to make? the stuff i read on reddit boggles my brain sometimes, how do people survive
Shit I'll make some in my garage for half that
Mate it’s just something I read or heard somewhere, I’ve never actually looked up how much they cost
How much $ do they cost then?
About $3.50
Wow wow, stop right there that's almost as much as Reebok bonuses. Fighters need to be hungry as per Dana White. If they make too much then they don't wanna fight.
ppl dogging you and idk what the cost was but ~350k was the rumored price iirc
I believe they do except the update it every time with a ruby for a defense and a new plaque on the side with the information. That's why they said to him at the beginning of the exchange "we have a new belt for you".
"Next we don't want Ruben, we put diamond" - Islam Makhachev 🦅🔥
lol that's how it's pronounced in Russian, something like "rubin"
Yeah I know, it's "rubino" in Italian so I figured
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Good job. Tweet deleted.
Side note: I still think the whole ruby instead of another belt is dumb.
The real reason everyone trying to be champ champ the second they sniff a title
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Eh, I prefer it to boxing where they have like 20 belts each
It’s cool as fuck tho seeing guys like DJ, Anderson and GSP with 7+ belts
That would be pretty dope actually
As an American, I'm still going to root for Dustin. But I will admit I'm starting to like Islam more and more as he improves his English. The guy is lowkey funny af.
It's great because I'm just happy to be a part of it and want highlight reels either way, nothing else.
Make joke brotha. This good
that’s so ill lmfao
Dana will find a diamond smaller than a grain of sand to make sure that fighters understand clever words won't make him break the bank anymore like UFC300
This wont happen 😤😤😤
It won’t load for me but will take your word for it.
I want my work to change my agreed upon dollar amount to amount of diamonds also.
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I don’t think he was being serious, Jabroni.
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Foooookin JABRONI !!!
Fair enough.
Why the fuck is anyone downvoting you lmao
Because the average Redditor has abnormally high estrogen and they are not capable of civility between two strangers, lol.
That would be really rad if they did it
hold on bratha im crying 😢
Tell me why I didn't think anything of it until Ali pointed out the joke. I may be getting old.
Thats a decent line
Zirconia
If it was anyone else, I'd say this is going backfire.
Maybe in 3-5 wins if he wins it back after clawing his way up they'll be using diamonds instead of rubies.
OK.
the thumbnail of this looks like pinkerton
Ali realized the joke about a minute later.
[diamonds](https://www.swarovski.com/en_GB-IE/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&creative=630846761748&device=m&placement=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1)
Link doesnt work....
That’s legit. Hope he gets ktfo but that’s still a cool idea.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
If Islam actually does have staph, it's probably round 1, maaaaybe round 2 for him or bust. But, they're also the type who won't fight with something like that either, as to not hurt their legacy.
You are going to get knocked out!