{"id":41268,"date":"2026-10-26T04:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-Hunter-Campbell-photo-What-is-known-203353"},"modified":"2026-10-26T04:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:11:15","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-hunter-campbell-photo-what-is-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khabib-nurmagomedov-hunter-campbell-photo-what-is-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov, Hunter Campbell photo: What is known"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/khabib-nurmagomedov-hunter-campbell-photo-what-is-known.jpg\" 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> shared a photo with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> chief business officer Hunter<br \/>\nCampbell, describing their encounter as a chance meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov announced his retirement in 2020 after defending his<br \/>\nlightweight title against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Justin-Gaethje-46648\">Justin<br \/>\nGaethje<\/a>. The Hall of Famer has repeatedly ruled out returning<br \/>\nto competition, and the photo offered no indication that his plans<br \/>\nhave changed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Khabib describes the encounter as accidental, with no agenda<br \/>\ndisclosed<\/h2>\n<p>Nurmagomedov posted the image on his Instagram story with the<br \/>\ncaption:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccidentally meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As recently as July, Nurmagomedov reiterated that he was not<br \/>\nplanning a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The encounter comes amid uncertainty over the promotional future of<br \/>\nhis cousin, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Usman-Nurmagomedov-296291\">Usman<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a>, who completed his contracted fights with the<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>. UFC CEO Dana White has said the<br \/>\npromotion will speak with Usman once he is free to negotiate. There<br \/>\nis no confirmed connection between that situation and Khabib\u2019s<br \/>\nmeeting with Campbell.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.1698113207547\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.6792452830189\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-56035\">Khabib<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> met with Hunter Campbell today \u201cAccidentally<br \/>\nmeeting \ud83e\udd1d\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/4KLe30talI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2114198743238987924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nOctober 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov shared a photo with Ultimate Fighting Championship chief business officer Hunter Campbell, describing their encounter as a chance meeting. Nurmagomedov announced his retirement in 2020 after defending his lightweight title against Justin Gaethje. The Hall of Famer has repeatedly ruled out returning to competition, and the photo offered no indication that his plans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41268","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\/41268","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=41268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}