UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev has stated that he will raise his children as strictly as his father raised him.
Idman.Biz reports that the fighter criticized modern psychologists who oppose strict parenting methods.
"I will be as strict with my children as my father was with me. Today, these psychologists say that you can't yell at a child, you can't hit them. They say it's psychologically traumatizing.
Did Habib and I get psychologically traumatized? Both of our fathers were very strict. Everything is the opposite," Makhachev said.
34-year-old Makhachev is the current UFC Lightweight Champion. He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of discipline and strict upbringing in his development as an athlete. His next fight will take place on November 16 in New York at "UFC 322".