Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of Khabib Nurmagomedov, has been hospitalized with pneumonia and influenza. Ramazan Rabadanov, a sports commentator from Dagestan, broke the news on Instagram.

Ramazan shared a picture of Khabib’s father with himself. He is also a friend of Khabib’s father. Rabadanov wrote, “(He) almost managed to build a park, took out the trash, planted an alley from new trees, put beautiful benches along the roads, and yesterday didn’t come to the park.”

“Hopefully pneumonia doesn’t catch my friend and he comes to the park again.”

Doctors are yet to diagnose Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father for Coronavirus

Coronavirus has asserted itself as a global pandemic over the past few months. Consequently, whenever there is news of an illness, the natural question that comes up is whether it is related to Coronavirus or not. People are now concerned about Khabib’s father with the same question.

However, to the relief of his well-wishers, Coronavirus has not yet been confirmed in Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. His friend Rabadanov later talked to Championat.com. He mentioned that the doctors are suspecting it to be flu. Abdulmanap runs a family gym in Dagestan. He holds the record for producing the highest number of combat sambo champions.

A cause of concern is the fact that several athletes are in the hospital as well.

“Abdulmanap is in Makhachkala, in the Second City Hospital. He got sick in the mountains,” he explained.

“He walked for two days, the brothers barely persuaded to go to the hospital. While coronavirus is not confirmed. They say the flu. No one is allowed to visit him. The world champion Shamil Zavurov also fell ill. They say there are other sick athletes.”

It was due to the Coronavirus that Khabib Nurmagomedov could not take part in UFC 249. The undefeated fighter flew to Russia amidst the uncertainty behind the card. He later revealed that he could not fly back due to restrictions placed by the government. Following this, Justin Gaethje was selected as a replacement for him.

Khabib has hinted at a timeline of September for his return. However, the 155-pounds champ is extremely close to his father. If his father is not physically well by then, we may be looking at a delayed timeline for his return.