Mike Tyson has hilarious reaction to Khabib Nurmagomedov wrestling a bear: 'The bear is kicking his

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Khabib Nurmagomedov wrestling a bear as a child has become the stuff of legend.

Growing up in Russia, the future UFC lightweight champion - who retired with a perfect 29-0 in 2020 - wrestled with the stiffest of opponents.

The 32-year-old was recently a guest on Mike Tyson's Hot Boxin’ podcast and the former heavyweight boxing champion was shown Khabib’s wrestling encounters with the small bear.

Tyson’s first through was: “The bear is kicking his ass!”

Khabib explained how his Dagestani upbringing made this a unique situation.

“You know what father told me here? I said ‘he’s trying to bite me’ and he said ‘bite him back.”

As you can see from the footage, Khabib more than holds his own against the bear and it’s quite remarkable.

He was only nine years old at the time and Tyson is certain that if the bear wanted to really kill Khabib, he could have.

“This is pretty interesting. That bear loves you. If he didn’t love you he’d kill you in three seconds. You see those claws? [acts out being clawed to the face] Three seconds and you’re dead!

"He’s your friend, huh?”

Khabib explained the bear he was wrestling with was a circus bear and thus, are somewhat trained. The chances of the bear attacking or killing Khabib were significantly less than a wild bear.

“Because of this video, everybody thinks everybody in Russia wrestles bears - no," he added in an apparent attempt to quash any stereotype.

The Eagle added he is ‘done competing’ in MMA and seems very, very certain on that. But, he remains training every day and is enjoying coaching a lot of the up and coming fighters from his gym.

Iron Mike, at 55, is still competing. Not professionally, but the former undisputed heavyweight champion is still in training and plans to have another exhibition fight in the near future.

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