ET Nurmagomedov Defeats Gaethje to Keep U.F.C. Title, Then Announces Retirement Image Khabib Nurmagomedov, left, announced his retirement immediately after defending his U.F.C. #UFC254 pic.twitter.com/sq6R9LxN1i — UFC (@ufc) October 24, 2020 Nurmagomedov’s emphatic win over Gaethje was the in-competition high-point of a tumultuous 2020 for mixed martial arts. [ #UFC254 is live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/QRo69og6BH ] pic.twitter.com/KtsipubxUm — UFC (@ufc) October 24, 2020 Rakhmonov entered the fight as a U.F.C. [ #InAbuDhabi | @VisitAbuDhabi ] pic.twitter.com/kszAzfvHvr — UFC (@ufc) October 24, 2020 The judges saw the bout as a split-decision draw — one each favored Jung and Alvey, and the third scored it evenly.

Source: New York Times October 24, 2020 15:31 UTC