Khabib Nurmagomedov Savagely Slams UFC Ring Girls as ‘Useless’

MMA Legend Khabib Nurmagomedov is not a fan of UFC ring girls. Nurmagomedov  purchased Russian MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship, and of course he’s not about to throw ring girls into the mix. According to Khabib, he not said he will not have ring girls in his newly named “Eagle Fighting Championship.”

Via NY Post:

The former lightweight champion discussed the longtime tradition of ring girls in at a recent Moscow press conference and declared, “Ring girls are the most unnecessary people in martial arts.”

Despite warning he didn’t want to “offend anyone,” Nurmagomedov asked, “What is their function? I have a question: You can show that it’s the second round on the screen.

“I think they’re the most useless people in martial arts. What function? How? Do they develop the sport? Or do they help people to see that it is the second round now? What are they doing? Tell me, please.”

“I realize that is a history (behind ring card girls). History knows many mistakes. We read history to avoid mistakes of the past in the future. If we look in the history, it says they are useless. That is my personal opinion.

“[UFC president] Dana White maybe likes it. Maybe you do, too. But my name is not Dana. My name is Khabib.”

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— New York Post (@nypost) August 25, 2021

Khabib says  he feels “uncomfortable” with ring girls.

“For example, I sit with my father [at a fight]. Every person has his own preferences — the culture and values. I come to fight night [and] sit with my father,” Nurmagomedov said. “These [ring card girls] are passing by and showing people that it is the second round. But no one looks at the [round number].

Sounds like Khabib is not a fan of eye candy.

To each his own.

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