As Khabib Nurmagomedov Refuses to Corner Islam Makhachev and Usman, Cousin Gets a Major Boost Ahead of Bellator 300

Who do you think is the greatest UFC heavyweight ever? Most will say it is Stipe Miocic. However, Daniel Cormier thinks it is former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. The latter was DC’s stablemate at the AKA gym, where he trained with another GOAT contender in Khabib Nurmagomedov and his other Dagestani compatriots.

The most significant among them is the current lightweight champion and the man being billed as ‘The Eagle’s successor, Islam Makhachev. Along with him are Khabib’s cousins- UFC bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov, and Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov, the latter of whom has a replacement for Khabib to corner him. While it is not easy to replace one of the greatest in Khabib, Usman was able to do so with another GOAT.

Usman finds Khabib Nurmagomedov’s replacement to corner him

Usman will be defending his Bellator lightweight title for the second time at Bellator 300 this month. And while he will not have Khabib to corner him for his second title defense, he has managed to rope in Cain Velasquez to corner him. Khabib has dissociated himself from MMA completely to focus on his family, and will no longer be in Islam Makhachev’s corner, either.

California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster has confirmed to the news outlet MMA Fighting that the Commission has a court document allowing Velasquez to corner Usman. “He is scheduled to corner. We are in possession of a court order permitting him to do so,” Foster said in a text to the outlet.

Velasquez is mired in legal trouble and is facing attempt to murder charges after he allegedly chased and shot at a man who is facing charges for molesting the Californian’s four-year-old child at a daycare.

Usman Nurmagomedov to defend title against Brent Primus at Bellator 300

Usman, like Khabib and cousin Umar, is undefeated in his seventeen-fight career so far. He will face lightweight contender Brent Primus in his second title defense at Bellator 300 at San Diego on October 8. Usman will be looking to keep his undefeated streak alive.

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Primus, although not undefeated, having suffered three losses in his career will try to become a two-time champion this week. He had defeated current UFC welterweight and Conor McGregor’s proposed next opponent back in 2017 via doctor’s stoppage to capture Bellator’s lightweight championship. Unlucky for him. his job just got harder with the addition of the former UFC champion to the opposite corner.

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