Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have recently traded another round of vicious, personal tweets at each other over the past few days, but that changed Wednesday when we learned that Nurmagomedov’s father and coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, is reportedly in a coma in Moscow.
Khabib and his father are extremely close, and his dad is a legend in the martial arts world. The news that Abdulmanap is in a coma came as a shock and has everyone in the MMA world hoping for the best.
That includes McGregor, who had a lot of horrible things to say about Khabib leading up to their fight at UFC 229 in 2018 and also in the recent days as the lightweight division had changes at the top after UFC 249.
Conor shared this classy message on Twitter:
Praying for the recovery of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. A man responsible for more World champions, across multiple fighting disciplines, than we even know.
A true martial genius!
Very saddened upon hearing this news tonight.
Praying for the Nurmagomedov family at this time 🙏 https://t.co/OVklQphPgN— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 13, 2020
Dana White also wished Khabib and his dad his best:
I know how close Khabib is with his father and I’m saddened to hear about his current state. My thoughts are with Abdulmanap and the Nurmagomedov family as he continues to fight (2/2)
— danawhite (@danawhite) May 13, 2020
Here’s hoping everything will be OK.