Khabib Nurmagomedov was born on 20 September 1988 in Sildi, Dagestan. He fought in the UFC to a 29–0 record. He won the lightweight title in 2018 against Al Iaquinta. He defended it against Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. That is not an invented record; the figures are the organisation’s.

After UFC 254 in October 2020 he announced his retirement. His father and coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, had died in 2020. Official retirement was confirmed in March 2021. The UFC inducted him into the Hall of Fame, Modern wing, in July 2022.

The athlete profile on ufc.com is a listing, not an article. The main source is UFC’s news item on the official retirement, supplemented by the Hall of Fame announcement. “Greatest of all time” remains an opinion, not a fact.

His style — ground fighting, control, pressure — marked the division. The rivalries, especially with McGregor in 2018, went beyond the octagon. This account does not recast the post-fight incidents as legend.

Dagestan is in the Russian Federation. The geography is Caucasian. Birthplace is not confused with an abstract world ranking.

At 38, Nurmagomedov no longer competes as a UFC fighter. The anniversary is of a birth, not of a comeback announced here.

No octagon quotes and no marketing superlatives. 29–0, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are enough dates.

Image: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office — Pavel Kolobkov congratulates Khabib Nurmagomedov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Source consulted: Khabib Nurmagomedov Officially Retires — UFC.