Music Yadong has given his two cents on whether or not Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin Umar Nurmagomedov will be capable to develop into an UFC champion sometime, particularly after what occurred on August 29.
This previous weekend, Yadong locked horns with Umar in the primary occasion of UFC Shanghai.
Umar had a robust first spherical. He used his wrestling and grappling to manage the battle. Nonetheless, in Spherical 2, Yadong was sport to show the oddsmakers and plenty of MMA followers unsuitable. Whereas Umar grew annoyed not with the ability to rating clear takedowns and dipped his head to the left to shoot, Yadong landed a well-placed uppercut on Umar’s ear and despatched the 30-year-old to the shadow realm.
Yadong didn’t cease there. He landed a number of extra heavy follow-up blows on an already knocked-out Umar till the referee intervened.
Earlier right this moment, on The Ariel Helwani Present, when Yadong was requested if Umar can be a UFC champion sooner or later, particularly after this previous weekend’s brutal KO loss, “Kung Fu Child” mentioned:
“I don’t know. He’s [Umar Nurmagomedov] acquired a giant downside. It’s very laborious to get again from that brutal knockout.”
Take a look at Music Yadong’s feedback about Umar Nurmagomedov under:
Music Yadong additionally revealed that he was conscious Umar dips his head each time he shoots for a takedown. As per the sport plan, “Kung Fu Child” determined to catch the Russian fighter in that actual second and put him to sleep, and the sport plan labored. Speaking about how his confidence grew from Spherical 1 at UFC Shanghai, Yadong added:
“You could possibly inform within the battle, I used to be smiling, I used to be laughing. I simply had this thought in my thoughts that I might beat him very simply…. After the primary spherical, I felt like he wasn’t that sturdy. I might escape his wrestling. Even when he was on prime, I might nonetheless rise up. And on the ft, I might management the gap very effectively… I feel everybody is aware of he has that behavior [of dipping when he shoots], however it is advisable catch that second and have the ability to place him to sleep… I’ve that energy. I can put him to sleep.” [h/t: Ariel Helwani]
Take a look at Music Yadong’s feedback about Umar Nurmagomedov under:
Umar Nurmagomedov says “it’s not over”
Similar to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, and his personal brother, PFL light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov, Umar Nurmagomedov is unlikely to surrender till he will get his fingers on championship gold. Moments earlier on Instagram, he shared a message together with his followers. He posted:
“It’s not over till I win InshAllah”
Take a look at Umar Nurmagomedov’s feedback under:
Umar will particularly need to work on the “technical mistake” of dipping his head whereas taking pictures for takedowns, amongst many different flaws, if he desires to get his identify again into title competition. For now, it’s an extended highway again to the highest, and he’ll doubtless want at the very least two massive wins earlier than incomes a second UFC bantamweight title shot.
