Tapology Playfully Promises to Investigate Khabib Nurmagomedovs Early Fights

The popular statistical website Tapology playfully responded to a user’s concerns who had shared a table detailing the first 16 fights in the career of **Khabib Nurmagomedov** (2008-2011), highlighting that many of his opponents at the beginning of their careers had zero or negative records.

«Why don’t you stop putting yourself in a ridiculous light alongside Michael Morales and take a closer look at Khabib Nurmagomedov’s first 16 fights?» the user quipped on social media platform X.

In response, the official Tapology account remarked: «Great idea. We’ll send our team to Agvali, Dagestan, to start asking serious questions about who allowed a fight between Khabib, who had a record of 4-0, and Eldar Eldarov, who was 1-0, to take place in August 2009. Because that’s number one nonsense. We’ll update you with our findings soon.»

This response refers to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s own phrase «number one bullshit.» In reality, such practices of facing less experienced opponents early in a fighter’s career is quite common for many newcomers in the sport worldwide.