{"id":24931,"date":"2026-08-08T02:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24931"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:36:40","slug":"ali-abdelaziz-reveals-why-president-donald-trump-is-the-biggest-khabib-nurmagomedov-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24931","title":{"rendered":"Ali Abdelaziz Reveals Why President Donald Trump Is The &#8216;Biggest Khabib Nurmagomedov Fan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ali Abdelaziz recently revealed why the President of the United States loves Khabib Nurmagomedov \u2018so much.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former UFC lightweight champ Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters ever to step into the octagon. With over 44 million followers on Instagram, he is the second most-followed MMA star on the planet (only a couple of million behind Conor McGregor). <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian\u2019s work ethic, humility, and fierce competence are among the attributes that make him so loved. And it looks like Trump is a huge admirer of him as well.<\/p>\n<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters of all time (via MMA Fighting)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent appearance on the Pound 4 Pound Show with Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, Nurmagomedov\u2019s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, shed light on why the POTUS likes the Russian so much:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is the biggest Khabib [Nurmagomedov] fan. I was like, \u2018Why you like him so much?\u2019 He said, \u2018I put him in my book.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdelaziz had also earlier revealed that UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje is another fighter Trump loves. He said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way I saw the President of United States spoke to Justin Gaethje, I was bugging the hell out. He admires this man, he respect this man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Ali Abdelaziz\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ali Abdelaziz says President Trump is a huge Khabib Nurmagomedov fan and even included him in his book.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is the biggest Khabib fan. I was like, &#8216;Why do you like Khabib so much?&#8217; He said, &#8216;I put Khabib in my book.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 @pound4poundshow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2id9Asqmy\">pic.twitter.com\/X2id9Asqmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) August 7, 2026<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s former Manager Predicts Who Justin Gaethje Might Fight Next<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s former manager Ali Abdelaziz, in the same episode of the Pound 4 Pound Show, predicted who Justin Gaethje might fight next. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdelaziz named Islam Makhachev, the welterweight champion, as Gaethje\u2019s next opponent. He said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justin Gaethje, if he chooses to fight Islam [Makhachev], he can fight Islam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to add that Gaethje should choose \u2018one fight\u2019 against the \u2018biggest guy\u2019 with the \u2018biggest check next to him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Abdelaziz\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/ali-khabib-nurmagomedov-donald-trump-favorite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Abdelaziz recently revealed why the President of the United States loves Khabib Nurmagomedov \u2018so much.\u2019 Former UFC lightweight champ Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters ever to step into the octagon. With over 44 million followers on Instagram, he is the second most-followed MMA star on the planet (only a couple of million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4418,234,1254,105,835,1051,1052,505,68,106],"class_list":["post-24931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-abdelaziz","tag-ali","tag-biggest","tag-donald","tag-fan","tag-khabib","tag-nurmagomedov","tag-president","tag-reveals","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}