The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is currently set to host one of the year’s most highly anticipated headliners on Oct. 6. With that in mind, undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov jut got a memorable sendoff from a hoard of fight fans as he gets ready for fight week.
UFC 226 has been estimated to have the potential to break the UFC pay-per-view purchase record. The event will take place Oct. 6 from within the illustrious T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
Headlining the event, Khabib Nurmagomedov will be putting his title and undefeated streak on the line as he welcomes UFC megastar Conor McGregor back into the octagon. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has since taken to social media to show off a video of Khabib Nurmagomedov being welcomed by a massive crowd of fight fans within AKA gym in San Jose, Calif. ahead of the champion’s move to Las Vegas for fight week preparations.
Check out the touching moment within the video provided below.
“Massive crowd of Khabib Nurmagomedov fans came to his gym in San Jose tonight to send him off to Vegas to fight Conor McGregor.”
Massive crowd of Khabib Nurmagomedov fans came to his gym in San Jose tonight to send him off to Vegas to fight Conor McGregor. More on @espn soon. pic.twitter.com/wKweLFS6py
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 29, 2018
