Umar Nurmagomedov is a good fighter, but he should behave more modestly and wait his turn for the UFC bantamweight title fight, Georgian fighter Merab Dvalishvili said.
Dvalishvili and American Sean O’Malley will fight for the championship belt on September 15. In early August, Umar, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s first cousin, defeated American Corey Sandhagen by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi to move up to No. 2 in the promotion’s bantamweight rankings. After the fight, the Russian said he was ready to fight for the title.
— Umar is a good fighter, we all know that. But he hasn’t fought any of the top 15, and then the UFC gives him a gift in the number two ranked guy, Corey Sandhagen. He beat him and now he’s showing disrespect. He challenged Sean O’Malley to a fight, he challenged me to a fight.
Boy, show us some respect and let’s fight in peace. You haven’t fought with anyone, and now you find yourself among the possible title contenders only because your last name is Nurmagomedov, because you are a relative of Khabib.
“He is a good fighter, but he is being managed because he is a relative of Khabib. Umar should be more humble, he disrespected us. Let him let us fight and wait for his turn,” MMA Fighting quoted Dvalishvili as saying.
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