“How Is Any of This Healthy”: Islam Makhachev’s Never-Before-Seen Training Following Khabib’s Retirement Leaves UFC World Scratching Their Heads

Islam Makhachev is one of the most coveted names in the entire UFC currently. The 31-year-old from Dagestan went to claim the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 280 with a win over the noted, Charles ‘Do bronx’ Oliveira. Makhachev proudly wears his Dagestani identity on his sleeve as well. The fighters from Dagestan have proven themselves to be extremely tough men. Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev are among the most noted fighters from Dagestan who have earned themselves unmatched fame due to their awesome display of strength and toughness inside the Octagon. With Nurmagomedov’s retirement from MMA entirely, the Dagestani baton is now with Makhachev.

Recently, one such video showcasing Islam Makhachev’s stupendous mental and physical strength surfaced on Instagram. The video showcased a startling part of the training routine of the Dagestani UFC champ. Makhachev was seen shirtless in the video amid an all-white, and snow-clad environment. The UFC Lightweight Champion also took a dip in the freezing cold waters and covered his upper body with snow before running inside.

Fans had questions about this crazy show of endurance by Islam Makhachev

The video of Makhachev’s incredible snow training was shared on the Instagram page, “HOME OF FIGHT”. It garnered a massive number of reactions from the followers. “HOME OF FIGHT” captioned Makhachev’s Instagram video, “Islam Makhachev going full healthy mode.”

Fans also flooded the comments section with a volley of opinions. But, some of them couldn’t actually realize whether such training would actually help Makhachev’s cause or not.

One such fan wrote, “Isn’t changing body temperatures really quickly unhealthy”. One more fan carried on with the same tone and commented, “How is any of this healthy?”. These two fans were apparently unapproving of Makhachev’s never-seen-before training routine.

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A user turned caring about Makhachev and commented, “He gonna get sick”. Another one also didn’t have any idea about Mahkhachev’s grueling training routine. He commented, “But… why?”.

Other fans lauded the toughness showcased by Islam Makhachev

Despite some fans raising questions about the usefulness of Makhachev’s training routine, there were a lot of others who were enthralled by the UFC Lightweight champ’s challenging training.

One such fan mentioned, “Just watching this gives us pnemonia”. This comment might have triggered a few laughs. Another one also commented with the same bewilderment. He wrote, “Next level mental toughness.”

While some others went on to predict the outcome of the upcoming matchup of Makhachev against Alexander Volkanovski after this show of extreme toughness from the Dagestani. One such fan commented, “And they say Volk has a chance namber one bullshit!”. One more fan countered the previous one’s prediction stating, “Meanwhile volk is cooking in his air fryer and will still smoke Islam”.

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While fans may have different opinions about the usefulness of Makhachev’s training routine. But, the thing that can be agreed to is that such an act of toughness isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Were you also bewildered after witnessing this video?