Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Father Improving After Coronavirus Battle

Despite recovering from a battle with coronavirus, the father of unbeaten UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov remains in intensive care.

Abdulmanap Nurmagomeov, who is 57 years old, went to a military hospital in Moscow after suffering what was believed to be a strike due to complications from COVID-19. 

The elder Nurmagomedov was placed in a medically induced coma earlier this year, but is now awake and responding to messages. 

“His condition is still serious, he’s still in intensive care,” Nurmagomedov said on the Russian television network via RT Sport. “The coronavirus itself is behind him, but the virus has had consequences for his kidneys and his heart.

“As for the virus, there’s no need to worry, only about the other consequences.”

While not currently set for a return to the Octagon, Nurmagomedov has remained at the side of his father, who has played a key role in his career. 

“I visit him, he recognizes me, but there’s no communication because he’s connected to [(medical) devices,” Nurmagomedov said. ”Every day they let me in, I spend half an hour, I hold his hand.”

He added that when he asks “do you recognize me?” his father responds with “gestures and lets me know.”