Khabib’s Dominating Wrestling Techniques Exposed by Daniel Cormier Confessing Its Roots to Be American and Not ‘Dagestani’- “I Taught Them How to…”

Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov are good friends. ‘DC’s stint in the American Kickboxing Academy gym saw him train with and coach the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, and other Dagestani fighters.

UFC fans will be aware of the various clips of ‘DC’, Nurmagomedov, and Makhachev’s many wholesome interactions doing the rounds. But, along with being one of the nicest guys in the UFC, Cormier is also one of its greatest fighters. And in a podcast with former Bellator champion Ben Askren, he opened up about what he taught Khabib Nurmagomedov.

‘DC’ reveals what he taught Khabib Nurmagomedov

Former UFC fighter and Bellator champion Ben Askren joined former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier on his YouTube channel. During the course of the podcast, ‘Funky’ asked him what he taught Nurmagomedov.

Cormier revealed that when he joined the AKA gym, he ran all the wrestling practices. ‘DC’ is considered among the greatest wrestlers in UFC history and comes from a collegiate wrestling background and was member of the US World or Olympics wrestling team six times.

“Khabib and them knew how to ride the wrist a little bit. I was showing him just collegiate wrestling. So what we did Ben when those guys all were there and when I first got to AKA, I first started coaching I would run all the wrestling practices,” Cormier told Askren.

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Cormier stated that he taught them basic collegiate wrestling positions, rules, and principles. “I taught these guys how to wrestle, I taught them standups, I taught them referee’s position, I taught them how to chop and ride. I taught him all those, like, base collegiate skills because my belief is if you want to wrestle in mixed martial arts you better learn to wrestle,” he added. Clearly, learning from one of the best helped Nurmagomedov be the most dominant force in the history of the promotion.

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