‘Ask Luke what happened today’ – Watch a bigger Khabib control Rockhold in training

Whereas each males have a whole lot of various things occurring proper now, longtime teammates Luke Rockhold and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been capable of reunite and prepare collectively once more on the AKA gymnasium in San Jose.

Brief clips of their grappling session have been making the rounds on social media, and it exhibits a a lot bulkier post-retirement Khabib holding Rockhold down and giving him some issues.

It’s additionally humorous to see their banter because the longterm teammates acquired to coach collectively once more.

“If Sambo was straightforward… It’d be referred to as Luke Rockhold,” Khabib stated with fun. “It’s okay. Ask Luke what occurred at this time.”

“I simply miss you, I hug you brother,” Khabib stated on the second coaching clip that Rockhold posted.

In that clip, Rockhold additionally talked some smack in return, yelling “hold working towards!” as he managed to rise up. As a substitute of resetting the drill, this solely prompted Khabib to proceed going after a laughing Rockhold, working over folks’s issues and taking him down by the sting of the mats.

It’s clearly not clever to make conclusions on coaching drills that lack context, particularly based mostly on very quick clips of playful coaching periods. That being stated, it’s entertaining to see Khabib working with a former champion from two divisions larger.

Khabib although, revealed that they aren’t far aside in weight anymore.

“205 vs 210,” Khabib wrote on an Instagram Story concerning the coaching video. “In the event you don’t know, now you recognize.”

Rockhold has additionally all the time given Khabib props via the years.

“I’ve by no means had a ‘55 pounder come and chase me across the gymnasium and wish to grapple me — and truly compete with me! Khabib is an actual competitors for me in a grappling match,” Rockhold stated about Khabib final 12 months. “Versus some other ‘55 pounder, most ‘70 pounders, I play with all of them.”

Right here’s an extended clip of the duo coaching collectively from again in 2014, lengthy earlier than both of them gained their respective UFC belts. Watch a 29-year-old former Strikeforce champ in Rockhold put together for his third UFC bout by grappling with a 25-year-old Khabib beneath.