Dmitry Bivol and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the greatest combat sports athletes to come out of Russia in recent years. The two fighting dynamos dominated most of their career opponents except for Bivol’s controversial loss to Artur Beterbiev in October.

Dmitry Bivol has asserted himself as one of the world's best active pound-for-pound boxers and has a chance to go down as an all-time great if he continues winn

Dmitry Bivol recently said he would have it hard in street fighting with former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov because of Khabib's heavy arsenal of grappling and wrestling.