{"id":38795,"date":"2026-06-14T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Islam-Makhachev-recalls-epic-school-fight-alongside-Khabib-Nurmagomedov-201520"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:54:21","slug":"islam-makhachev-recalls-epic-school-fight-alongside-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/islam-makhachev-recalls-epic-school-fight-alongside-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev recalls epic school fight alongside Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/islam-makhachev-recalls-epic-school-fight-alongside-khabib-nurmagomedov.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a> was struggling in a street fight when <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-56035\">Khabib<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> stepped in to change the outcome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Makhachev (28-1) and Nurmagomedov (29-0) grew up together in the<br \/>\nmountains of Dagestan, which are known for a tough upbringing. Both<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> stars have repeatedly mentioned how they had to stand their<br \/>\nground in street fights to avoid being bullied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Makhachev recently recalled a massive fight involving rival schools<br \/>\nwith around 500 guys on each side. Makhachev\u2019s side was struggling<br \/>\nas the other side had older guys. It was then that Nurmagomedov,<br \/>\nthree years older than Makhachev, stepped in with some of his<br \/>\nfriends. The tide swayed, and the other side took heel, which<br \/>\nboosted the confidence of Makhachev and his friends.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018We Needed Some Fire\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cOnce we had a scuffle 500 vs. 500, school vs. school,\u201d Makhachev<br \/>\ntold Red Corner MMA. \u201cAnd we were too young, but on the other side<br \/>\nthey had older guys, so we struggled against them. We needed some<br \/>\nfire. Then Khabib and some of his friends \u2013 Hussein, Musa \u2013 joined<br \/>\nus. Things turned our way and the other guys started running away.<br \/>\nThey just jumped in their cars and we gained confidence.\u201d&nbsp;<center readability=\"3.98891966759\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.371191135734\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a> recalled one of the wildest moments from his school<br \/>\ndays with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-56035\">Khabib<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a>. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>According to Islam, a massive school-versus-school scuffle broke<br \/>\nout, with around 500 people on each side. Being among the younger<br \/>\nkids, they struggled against the older boys\u2026 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X6l0ywGf1q\">pic.twitter.com\/X6l0ywGf1q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedCorner_MMA\/status\/2065788502231646701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJune 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev was struggling in a street fight when Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped in to change the outcome.&nbsp; Makhachev (28-1) and Nurmagomedov (29-0) grew up together in the mountains of Dagestan, which are known for a tough upbringing. Both UFC stars have repeatedly mentioned how they had to stand their ground in street fights to avoid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}