Perhaps “The Machine” wasn’t scared?
No. 2 ranked Bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov has been calling for a battle with Final Preventing Championship (UFC) champion Merab Dvalishvili for a number of months however has been unsuccessful.
Nevertheless, some information that dropped at this time (Sat., Nov. 30, 2024) means that Nurmagomedov was attempting to maintain his title related as a result of the undefeated Russian revealed he suffered an arm harm.
“I had a small arm fracture and couldn’t carry out in January,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “My arm is ok now, and I’m open to any presents. Anybody, Anyplace!!”
Now it is sensible why the Russian didn’t grapple former Bellator Bantamweight champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas at ADXC 6 on Oct. 25, 2024. He was additionally briefly linked to a showdown with Music Yadong for the principle occasion of UFC Tampa. Nevertheless, the battle by no means materialized.
With Jan. 2025 out of the query and Ramadan beginning two months later, it’s unclear when Nurmagomedov will get his shot at Dvalishvili – particularly as a result of the Bantamweight champion believes the undefeated contender doesn’t deserve a title shot.
Nonetheless, Nurmagomdeov is coming off a five-round demolishment of Cory Sandhagen and is sitting fairly with a pristine report (18-0) and is undefeated (6-0) in UFC.
Prepare for a number of extra arguments on social media between the 2.
