Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov waiting for his brother Umar Nurmagomedov who injured his shoulder, will not be able to hold the next fight until next year.
Earlier, a representative of Dominance MMA, Rizvan Magomedov, who is the manager of Umar Nurmagomedov, told that the fighter suffered a shoulder injury and pulled out of the fight against American Corey Sandhagen, which was to be held at the UFC tournament in Nashville on August 5. The Russian in this fight was replaced by Rob Font from the United States.
– Athletes in the wrestling and combat themes know what it’s like when a shoulder goes off. Umar has had this problem for a year and a half to two years. It sometimes flies away – enters, flies away – enters. During the last training camp he flew 3-4 times, the last time it was difficult. Yesterday Umar met with UFC management, had an MRI and on Friday he will be operated on.
Any part of the body hit by the knife needs 2-3 months to recover. I think he will treat his shoulder for four months, then another three months – to regain his physical form. At best, Umar will fight early next year,” Nurmagomedov said in a video posted to his promotion’s social media.
27-year-old Umar Nurmagomedov’s MMA stats are 16 wins in 16 fights.
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