“By then they are average…” Joe Rogan and Royce Gracie agree with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s interesting observation on prodigies

Khabib Nu͏rm͏agom͏edov’s legacy will never tarnish, even under duress. The first Dagestani UFC champion, “The Eagle,” proved that any goal is possible to achieve. His legacy now continues through p͏rotégé Islam Makhac͏hev and cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov. UFC commentator Joe Rogan recently doubled down on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s advice on how to upkeep such a legacy.

Speaking with BJJ legend Roy͏ce Gr͏acie ͏on The JRE MMA Show #156, Joe Rogan touched upon Khabib Nurmagomedov’s perspective of discipline. The BJJ savant praised their regular grind and motto of “Eat, Pray, train, repeat.” Resonating on it, the veteran podcaster credited their success to not deviating from their long-term goals.

Because a young guy who’s really talented and is above and better than everybody else when he’s 18, sometimes they’ll slack off and then they come back to it when they’re like 22. But then, by then, they’re average, …and everybody else has gotten much better, and they lost that advantage…But the guy who’s 18,…if he can maintain that discipline and maintain that focus, then he can go on to become a champion.
Joe Rogan via The JRE MMA Show #156

Roy͏ce Gr͏acie reiterated that it doesn’t matter if a combatant is exceptional in their stand-up game, grappling game, takedown defense, and so on. If one has the discipline, one excels anyway. Coming from a prime Jiu-Jitsu lineage, Gracie is another example of rolling with the grind. He maintains a prolific system of grinding etiquette going to this day.

The Dagestani camp fashions fighters who have gone undefeated or have minimal losses. Most of The 29-0 MMA Khabib’s peers go on similar stats. Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) has a lone blemish. The P4P and 155-pound king goes up against Dustin Poirier in the UFC 302 (ESPN+) main event on June 1. Previously, Nurmagomedov submitted Poirier in Round 3 in their UFC 242 title scrap.

Khabib Nurmagomedov pitches in after Joe Rogan and Royce Gracie praise his advisement

On the JRE MMA Show #156, play-by-play and podcasting fame Joe Rogan and Gracie talked about locales that produce the most abundantly unique camp. Brazilian grapplers and strikers are one. The Australian hitters and special mix-rule phenoms have also been surging lately. Consequently, Dagestan is another that surpasses them all. Most Dagestani wrestlers have undefeated records.

Khabib Nurmagomedov pitches in on Joe Rogan liking his advice (Source: espress.co.uk/Instagram)

Contrarily, it’s not just some astute geographic factor or lineage. Dagestani Combat Sambo veterans maintain a hardcore grind, which Rogan and his guest touched on. As a result, the Dagestani camp has accordingly garnered quite a bit of appreciation on the global stage. Here’s what Khabib Nurmagomedov responds:

I have seen many talented guys in the hall, and almost all of them are lazy because things are easy for them; they are born gifted by God. Talent must be backed by hard work…
Khabib Nurmagomedov via IG [translated] (@khabib_nurmagomedov) )

Lately, he’s acknowledged that his fighters are not the biggest fans of his hardcore training regimen. Khabib posted a picture with them all on Instagram, cheekily captioning it, “I know they don’t like me… But who cares?” Despite an absolute mayhem of rigorous sessions, they remain the topmost branch of a group of combatants right now, and for good reason.

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