{"id":57714,"date":"2022-02-14T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57714"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:06:20","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-fights-max-holloway-in-a-metaverse-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/khabib-nurmagomedov-fights-max-holloway-in-a-metaverse-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov fights Max Holloway in a metaverse bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov knocked out his opponent Max Holloway in the first-ever metaverse fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The commentator in the studio, fighters in oculus and with controllers in their hands \u2014 how else did you imagine a fight in the metaverse? <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/xmZ920GRPC\\\">pic.twitter.com\/xmZ920GRPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LegionFarm (@legionfarm) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/legionfarm\/status\/1492616188144365579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bout ended in the first round. The Russian landed 98 strikes on his opponent and absorbed 65 in return. They used Oculus Rift virtual-reality headsets.<\/p>\n<p>The fighters could not play as themselves \u2014 in the metaverse only characters from the film &#8216;Rocky IV&#8217; are available. Nurmagomedov chose Apollo Creed, and Holloway chose Ivan Drago.<\/p>\n<p>After the bout, the Russian said that it was interesting, but he was tired. According to Nurmagomedov, the metaverse is the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Even though the fight in the metaverse left the fighters really tired<a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/legionfarm?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#legionfarm<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/metaverse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#metaverse<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODn4tkpN0A\\\">pic.twitter.com\/ODn4tkpN0A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LegionFarm (@legionfarm) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/legionfarm\/status\/1492616835136729089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In April 2021, Nurmagomedov <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/khabib-nurmagomedov-sets-starting-price-for-his-nft-collection\">released<\/a> his non-fungible-token collection to mark the end of his sporting career.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February 2022, in the Decentraland metaverse, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arizona-couple-stages-first-wedding-in-the-decentraland-metaverse\">the first wedding<\/a> took place. The ceremony involved a court representative, witnesses and about 2,000 guests.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news in our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov knocked out his opponent Max Holloway in the first metaverse bout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1353,828,1361],"class_list":["post-57714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-metaverses","tag-sports","tag-virtual-world-innovations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"34","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57716,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714\/revisions\/57716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}