Manager of the AMC Fight Nights League Kamil Gadjiev In a conversation with , he said whether first cousins could Khabib Nurmagomedova Umar and Usman surpass the former UFC champion’s achievements in terms of number of mixed martial arts victories.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, 35, retired in 2020 with a record of 29 wins in 29 fights and the status of UFC lightweight champion. His first cousins are also undefeated in MMA at the moment. Umar, 28, ranks second in the UFC bantamweight division with 18 wins. Usman, who turned 26 in April, is the Bellator league champion. After defending his belt at the Sept. 7 tournament in San Diego, he has 18 wins (one of his fights was also ruled invalid due to a positive drug test).
— Do you think Umar or Usman Nurmagomedov will be able to go 30-0 in MMA?
“Going 30-0 in Bellator is a little easier to do than 30-0 in the UFC, and if Usman stays in Bellator, I think he can go 30-0. It will be much harder to do that in the UFC. There will be 2-3 people who, under certain circumstances, will give him trouble. Usman belongs to that category of athletes who are not as mature yet. I think that at 28, he will be a more mature Usman than he is today. Therefore, in his place, I would make a few more defenses, if that is possible de jure, and I would move to the UFC. And there, Usman, 28, will have a quick path to the belt, because the Bellator champion will receive the belt through one fight. And there, you can hold that belt for two years. And there, it will already be up to 30-0 within reach.
In general, it seems to me that Usman, at 28, will be a better fighter than he is now. As for Umar, he is already in the best league in the world and the level of competition there is such that defeat can happen at any moment. Who will be the favorite in the fight between Umar and Merab Dvalishvili? In my opinion, Umar. At the same time, Dvalishvili’s victory is possible. The same can be said about the champion and the rest of his opponents. Do they both win by as much margin as Khabib? Certainly not. Khabib won by a margin. It was unconditional dominance. So far, neither Umar nor Usman have demonstrated this. But maybe this moment has not yet come. Maybe you just need to mature, ”Gadzhiev told .
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