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Reaction: Khabib Retires, Oliveira vs. Chandler At UFC 262, Big Matchups at 135

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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After a crazy Thursday night full of news in the MMA world, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee react to Khabib Nurmagomedov officially closing the door on a return following his retirement announcement at UFC 254 in October, the UFC 262 main event between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler to crown a new lightweight champion on May 15, and two massive bantamweight headliners between Cory Sandhagen and T.J. Dillashaw on May 8, along with Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt on May 15. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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All right, everybody, my cat here from MMAFutting.com and every once in a while,

0:39.5

I think to myself, you know, it's going to be a busy couple of days. I'm going to get some

0:43.7

decent sleep tonight, finish my shift, brush my teeth, wash my face, go to sleep around 10,

0:49.0

45 Eastern time and I slept like a baby. So a little update on that, but I wake up and my phone

0:55.1

had gone absolutely crazy with a flurry of news. The lightweight division has taken a massive step

1:00.6

with the official official retirement of Habib Namaagamadov. You have see President Dana White

1:06.1

essentially waved the white flag on trying to convince Habib to get that elusive 30, you know. So

1:12.0

after all the quote unquote decisions, meetings, dinners, updates, etc.

1:18.0

Nothing changed since UFD254 in October when Habib submitted Justin Gachi in the main event to

1:23.6

retain his title. But let me just say I understand why Dana White was trying to get Habib back in

1:28.8

the fold. He's obviously become one of the biggest stars in the sport. The appreciation for Habib's

1:34.8

ability, his incredible talent has risen to massive heights over the last couple of years and

1:39.6

rightfully so. But just hearing what Habib had to say after the win against Justin Gachi in October,

1:46.1

making a promise to his mom that he was done after the passing of his father who he was really

1:50.5

close to, it just seemed like his decision was made back then. But you know, he wanted to give Dana

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