Former UFC interim flyweight champion Corey Sandhagen told that in order to prepare for the fight with Umar Nurmagomedov invited a fighter from Mongolia to the headquarters.
Nurmagomedov and Sandhagen will headline the UFC tournament in the United Arab Emirates on August 3. Currently, the Russian fighter is ranked 10th in the UFC bantamweight division, with Sandhagen in third place. The Russian’s runner-up will be former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
— Did you call on Russians with a good wrestling or combat sambo school to help you prepare for this fight?
— We have a guy from Mongolia in our camp. He helped me a lot. He has very fast takedowns and a wrestling style very similar to Umar. Next to him, we have a lot of good grapplers. Not from Russia, but, for example, from Taiwan Claxton. It is very difficult to fight him, he is very inflexible. Last week, he fought with a guy from Dagestan and beat him. So I have someone to train with in wrestling. My head coach is Carrington Banks. He is very young. He is very strong physically and is still very well built, so we trained a lot for this fight. Then there is Ryan Hall, one of the best coaches in the world in grappling. The whole world knows what he can do on the ground. So I am very well prepared for this fight. Many sparring partners came to me, to whom I paid a lot of money. It was a long and expensive camp, but I did everything right.
— Are you surprised that after fights with top opponents, bookmakers think you are a clear outsider in the fight?
– Yes, it even made me a little angry. But you know what? I’m going to make people rich. Those who bet on me. And yes, I’m ready to prove something to those who don’t believe in me,” Sandhagen told .
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