Alexander Volkanovski & Al Iaquinta Shares Khabib Memories

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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“Ragin’” Al Iaquinta, the only man to ever take Khabib Nurmagomedov five rounds in the UFC, discusses Khabib’s unmatched style, Justin Gaethje’s keys to victory at UFC 254, how Conor McGregor has already defeated Dustin Poirier for a second time, and much more. But before that, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski tells Ariel whether he feels Brian Ortega’s first win in two years warrants a title shot against him. Plus, the man responsible for bringing Khabib to American Kickboxing Academy, Muhammed Lawal, weighs in on Khabib’s greatness. Remember, the PPV main card begins at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, it's your old pal, Arya Halwani, back with another edition of the Wednesday
0:06.1	Halwani show. As always, we've got a great lineup for all of you on today's program. We'll talk
0:11.6	to the featherweight king, Alexander Volkanovsky. We'll talk to you, Ally Quinta, about fighting
0:16.0	Khabib, Nirmagomedov. But first, I want to tell you about our good friends over at the ESPN
0:22.0	daily podcast. Every single day host Pablo Torre brings you the stories. Every sports fan needs to
0:28.8	know. And usually in 30 minutes or less, how about that? Nice little package. In any event,
0:35.3	they cover all sports all the time. And the word on the street is, they might just be talking
0:41.3	about UFC 254 in the coming days. So be on the lookout for that by subscribing to ESPN Daily,
0:47.9	wherever you find your favorite podcasts. All right, on to today's show. And as always,
0:53.8	listen to discretion as advised. Enjoy.
1:24.2	Back in your life. On this Wednesday, October 21st, 2020. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to a brand
1:36.7	new edition of the show. And welcome to UFC 254 Fight Week. It's in full effect. Earlier today,
1:45.6	just in Gachi and Khabib Nirmagomedov squared off on Fight Island in front of the crashing waves.
1:54.8	Great moment at the very end as they handed Khabib his undisputed lightweight title.
2:01.6	They handed just in Gachi his interim lightweight belt. He held it for a second and he was like,
2:07.4	nah, I don't really want this belt. And he's maintained from the beginning that he's waiting for
2:10.9	the real one. Gave it back to the UFC official and just stood there. Belts. A lot of respect between
2:17.4	the two of them. This has a big fight feel. Anytime Khabib fights these days, it feels big. He only
2:23.2	fights essentially once every 12 to 13, 14 months. So as I said on Monday with DC, distance makes
2:30.0	the heart grow fonder in the fight game. And every single time it feels like his star shines a
2:34.7	little brighter. Of course, this time around a lot of people including myself think that he is
2:38.9	fighting his toughest opponent to date. And that's no knock on his previous opponents. But I think
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