Islam Makhachev could have picked up the place the good Khabib Nurmagomedov left off with dominating the light-weight division, however his legacy has additionally been continued by his circle of relatives.
There are a variety of parallels within the careers of Khabib and his youthful cousin Umar Nurmagomedov.
Each have been extremely dominant contained in the Octagon however throughout their climbs, had been held again by accidents and points with discovering opponents.
Finally, “The Eagle” was simple and proved himself to be a top-tier light-weight and that’s what occurred within the bantamweight division with Umar this previous weekend.
His win over Cory Sandhagen signifies that identical to Islam and his cousin earlier than him, he’s arrived on the high in the end.
Javier Mendez Says Khabib Was A Higher Grappler However Umar Nurmagomedov Is Already A Higher Striker
In a current interview with The Schmo, AKA head coach Javier Mendez was requested to match Umar and Khabib as fighters, given the place the undefeated 135-pound contender is at proper now.
Mendez could be very excessive on Umar’s potential and went on to say that with Islam being 4 years older than him, Khabib’s cousin might go on to say the place of being the number one pound-for-pound fighter on this planet at some stage.
He spoke about what separates the 2 cousins, by operating down which one has the sting by way of their ability set and toughness.
“Properly so far as abilities at this juncture of their careers, that’s a tricky one you hit me with. I’d say that Khabib’s floor continues to be high notch. Umar’s floor is nice however Khabib was simply one other degree however once more, Khabib’s arise wasn’t as much as the place Umar’s is on par. However, so far as their psychological, their psychological is pretty comparable. Khabib’s chin’s granite, I’ve by no means seen anyone have a chin like Khabib. Umar has acquired an ideal chin as he proved from the final combat when he acquired dropped and he was in a position to go for the takedown as he was being dropped however I assume the chin degree must go along with Khabib however the psychological toughness, I feel they’re fairly equal, psychological toughness. I imply Umar is a tricky buyer man.”
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