{"id":41001,"date":"2026-10-07T03:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Islam-Makhachev-finally-gets-a-taker-for-his-famous-Dagestan-offer-203100"},"modified":"2026-10-07T03:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:09:30","slug":"islam-makhachev-finally-gets-a-taker-for-his-famous-dagestan-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/islam-makhachev-finally-gets-a-taker-for-his-famous-dagestan-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev finally gets a taker for his famous Dagestan offer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> has finally found a serious candidate for one of his
\nDagestan training offers.<\/p>\n

Makhachev\u2019s iconic line, \u201cSend two-three years to Dagestan and
\nforget,\u201d was first used by him to encourage Daniel
\nCormier<\/a> to send his son to Russia for wrestling training. While
\nthe line has since become part of mixed martial arts folklore,
\nMakhachev has rarely found any serious takers. Unbeaten
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> light heavyweight Navajo
\nStirling<\/a>, however, is waiting for an invite.<\/p>\n

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Navajo Stirling says he is serious about training in Dagestan
\nif Makhachev extends an invitation<\/h2>\n

Stirling posted a picture of himself wearing a papakha, a
\ntraditional wool hat associated with the Caucasus, and wrote on
\nInstagram:<\/p>\n

\u201cIslam
\nMakhachev<\/a>, our saviour, send me 2-3 year Dagestan and
\nforget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stirling has since reiterated that he\u2019s serious about going to
\nDagestan to train. He noted that while Makhachev has been inviting
\nveterans like Demetrious
\nJohnson<\/a>, they haven\u2019t been able to go because of family
\nobligations. However, the 28-year-old Stirling is not yet bound by
\nsuch responsibilities and is free to take Makhachev up on an offer.
\nThe New Zealander wants to start with a few weeks instead of
\n\u201ctwo-three years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to go to Dagestan,\u201d Stirling told Ariel Helwani. \u201cI
\nfeel like I would dive into the culture. You see Islam throwing out
\ninvites, and none of the Americans are taking it. D.C., or he threw
\none out to Mighty Mouse. They\u2019ve all got kids and whatnot, but man,
\nI ain\u2019t got no kids, bro. If they ever threw me the offer, I don\u2019t
\nknow about two or three years, brother, but maybe two or three
\nweeks to start off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stirling (11-0) is undefeated in six UFC outings and is riding a
\nthree-fight knockout streak. He is scheduled to headline
\nUFC Qatar<\/a> against former light heavyweight champion Jiri
\nProchazka<\/a> (32-6-1) on Nov. 21 at ABHA Arena in Doha.<\/p>\n

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Navajo
\nStirling<\/a> says he\u2019s serious about wanting to train in Dagestan:
\n\u201cI would love to go to Dagestan… You see Islam throwing out
\ninvites and none of the Americans are taking it. He threw one out
\nto Mighty Mouse. They\u2019ve all got kids and whatnot, but man, I ain\u2019t
\ngot no kids, bro. If they ever threw me the offer, I don\u2019t know
\nabout two or three years, brother, but maybe two or three weeks to
\nstart off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nOctober 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Islam Makhachev has finally found a serious candidate for one of his Dagestan training offers. Makhachev\u2019s iconic line, \u201cSend two-three years to Dagestan and forget,\u201d was first used by him to encourage Daniel Cormier to send his son to Russia for wrestling training. While the line has since become part of mixed martial arts folklore, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41001","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\/41001","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=41001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}