Khabib Nurmagomedov is not good at keeping secrets. The former UFC champion shared a ‘secret' with ESPN, one of the biggest sports platforms in the world.

It involves his teammate Islam Makhachev as he heads into his fight against Beneil Dariush in a UFC main event in February. Khabib Nurmagomedov claims the UFC offered him a ‘double bonus' should he finish Dariush.

“Sometimes you have to build your name, and Beneil and Islam, this is truly and 100 percent a No. 1 contender fight,” Nurmagomedov told ESPN. “Who’s going to win? They’re going to fight for the title, and UFC told Islam, if (he beats) Dariush, he’s going to fight for the title. And UFC told – you know, like what’s interesting, if Islam finishes him, they’re going to give him like double bonus. It’s very interesting.

“This is like just private news. I just want to share with you and fans because it’s very interesting, and UFC really, really wants this fight, and they told him if you’re going to finish him, they’re going to give him double bonus. I don’t know about Dariush’s situation.”

‘Private news' no more after sharing it with a huge source. The former UFC champion had a back and forth with Justin Gaethje recently over who deserves the next title shot.

Khabib Nurmagomedov believes both Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush deserve the next shot over everyone else. That includes both Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.

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“I truly believe these two guys, they are best in the world,” Nurmagomedov said. “This is the two best lightweights in the world right now, and it’s going to be a very, very exciting fight for me, for us, for Islam. Who’s going to win here, they’re going to fight for the title, like middle of next year.

“Like any any of them, like Islam or Dariush, they right now, they deserve to fight for the title right now. But we have like some big names on lightweights like, you cannot say no for Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje. These two guys, they have very big names, but like fighters, in my opinion, they are better: Dariush and Islam. These two guys, they’re better than Dustin and Justin. It’s just my opinion, you know, but they have big names, and we know this game, and sometimes it’s not enough, like nine win streak or seven win streak. It’s not enough to fight for the title.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov currently has big plans outside of the UFC. His MMA promotion, Eagle FC, is set to come to the USA in 2022.