Undefeated bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov will combat for the undisputed championship towards titleholder Merab Dvalishvili within the UFC 311 co-main occasion on Jan. 18. On Nov. 30, “Younger Eagle” revealed that he fractured his arm and would not be capable of compete this month.
In an interview with ESPN MMA, Nurmagomedov detailed the damage, his coaching round it, and accepting the title combat anyway.
“After I used to be in Dagestan, I punch my arm,” Nurmagomedov instructed ESPN MMA. “I’m going to point out the physician and I confirmed them. They did, like, not an MRI however once they test bone? An X-Ray? They did X-ray and so they mentioned, ‘You broke [your arm]’.
“After 20 days I’m going once more. Even after I was damaged, I used to be operating. I wish to nonetheless be in form, you already know. Even that point I attempt run, attempt to do shadow boxing, attempt to be in form. And after 20 days I’m going once more, and it’s grow to be a lot better.
“Even my punches and different issues, I do grapple, I can do wrestling class. Every little thing I can do. Then I referred to as my supervisor Ali [Abdelaziz] and I mentioned to him ‘hey, I wish to combat’. He mentioned ‘however we mentioned we’re injured’ and I mentioned ‘I instructed you, take this combat’.
Nurmagomedov’s supervisor suggested him to not take the combat, however the 29-year outdated Russian insisted.
“My supervisor and my hassle mentioned, ‘Hey, you are loopy. You may’t combat like that.’ They usually mentioned, ‘No.’ They requested once more. They referred to as me once more. ‘Will you combat with Merab?’ After all. I already requested to,” Nurmagomedov mentioned.
