{"id":38896,"date":"2026-06-20T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/ExUFC-champion-shares-prediction-for-FIFA-World-Cup-201585"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:08:18","slug":"ex-ufc-champion-shares-prediction-for-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ex-ufc-champion-shares-prediction-for-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC champion shares prediction for FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ex-ufc-champion-shares-prediction-for-fifa-world-cup.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-56035\">Khabib<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> is supporting an underdog in the FIFA World Cup<br \/>\n2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov (29-0) recently shared his predictions for the ongoing<br \/>\nsoccer World Cup in North America. While Nurmagomedov isn\u2019t<br \/>\nsupporting Germany, he believes the former four-time champions will<br \/>\nlift the trophy again in 2026. \u201cEagle\u201d believes the Netherlands<br \/>\nwill end up as the runner-up, with Spain following in third<br \/>\nplace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \u201cWho will win the World Cup? Germany. I am not rooting for them,<br \/>\nbut I think Germany is the number one favorite,\u201d Nurmagomedov told<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZuwKUbCQL9\/?hl=en\">Okko Sport<\/a> (translation via Red Corner MMA). \u201cI would<br \/>\nput the Netherlands in second. And Spain in third.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Talking Futbol<\/h2>\n<p>However, Nurmagomedov doesn\u2019t think any of the top goal scorers<br \/>\nwill be from Germany. The former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> lightweight champion\u2019s top five goal scorers include<br \/>\nFrance\u2019s Kylian Mbappe, Argentina\u2019s Lautaro Martinez, Brazil\u2019s<br \/>\nVinicius Jr., Portugal\u2019s Joao Felix and England\u2019s Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me give you my Top 5,\u201d Nurmagomedov said. \u201cIt\u2019s Mbapp\u00e9,<br \/>\nLautaro Mart\u00ednez, Vin\u00edcius, Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix. And we can also go with<br \/>\nKane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nurmagomedov is personally rooting for Uzbekistan, which<br \/>\nqualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m supporting Uzbekistan,\u201d he said. \u201cThe whole team is hungry.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve got an invitation to all the games. I think I may fly there<br \/>\nfor the semifinals and the final.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZxSvHxDDNs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.27631578947369\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov is supporting an underdog in the FIFA World Cup 2026.&nbsp; Nurmagomedov (29-0) recently shared his predictions for the ongoing soccer World Cup in North America. While Nurmagomedov isn\u2019t supporting Germany, he believes the former four-time champions will lift the trophy again in 2026. \u201cEagle\u201d believes the Netherlands will end up as the runner-up, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38896","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\/38896","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=38896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}