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Dmitry Bivol Gives Khabib Nurmagomedov an Advantage in Street Fight

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Dmitry Bivol is the undisputed light heavyweight champ and is one of the best boxers in the world. The Russian boxer’s professional record stands at 24-1 with 12 knockouts. His only loss came in razor-close majority decision to Artur Beterbiev in October of 2024, which is successfully avenged in February 2025 to claim the undisputed light heavyweight title.

Bivol’s standout victories also include a win over Canelo Alvarez who he beat via unanimous decision and ended Alvarez’s undefeated 16-win streak at light heavyweight. He has also beaten some of the more tougher opponents like Gilberto Ramirez and Lyndon Arthur. He is the number one ranked boxer according to the Ring magazine and at age 34, he’s still in his prime, who has the ring IQ, finesse, speed, and quickness making him a formidable champion.

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Dmitry Bivol, what a fighter 🙌

Enjoy watching him people, this guy is elite!#boxing pic.twitter.com/0FmMgdVl6H
— Steve Boxman (@SteveBoxman) February 26, 2025

On the other hand, Khabib is a former UFC lightweight champion and a fighter who retired on October of 2020 due to the demise of his father. He’s considered to be one of the greatest fighters in UFC history and has defeated some of the biggest names like Conor McGregor, Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, to name a few. He retired with a flawless record of 29-0-0 and is now often seen supporting his fellow Dagestani UFC fighter, Islam Makhachev.

"It's going to be my last fight."

Khabib retires after a promise to his late father. 🙏

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— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 24, 2020

Recently, Bivol was asked if he could defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in a street fight and here is what he had to say.

Bivol says Khabib will have the upper hand if the two go at it in a street fight

When Bivol was asked if he could take on Khabib Nurmagomedov in a street fight, he kept it short, simple, and honest. He said “To be honest, MMA is closer to a street fight. No point of hiding it.”

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Boxing and MMA, even though both the sports are considered as combat sports, are not the same and it is not even a question. Boxing is limited to using just your hands but in MMA; kicks, punches, submissions, ground and pound, takedowns, are all allowed.

There are no rules to a typical street fight and Khabib should definitely have an advantage if he is to takes on Bivol. Hypothetically if the two fight, while the sheer devastating power will clearly be in Bivol’s favor but if he fails to connect his punch, Khabib will have a lot more weapons to shut him down. We’ll never know who will a street fight between the two but if they did clash, we’ll have to side with Khabib. What do you think?

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