Khabib Says Umar Will Receive Title Shot; Ex-UFC Champ Goes After Bantamweight’s Top Ranked Fighters

Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov, is all set to go up against Bekzat Almakhan at UFC Vegas 87. This will be his fifth fight in the promotion and his family is all pumped about him collecting another win after his last.

Nurmagomedov is well on his way to improving his already undefeated record similar to ‘The Eagle’. He’s currently on a 16-fight win streak. Will this fight mark his first loss in his professional MMA career, or will he reign supreme yet again? Cousin Khabib has high expectations.

Khabib Nurmagomedov, one champ to another?

Big brother Khabib Nurmagomedov believes that all anyone has to ever do in the UFC is to keep fighting. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who the opponent is. Nurmagomedov himself had a similar journey where he fought smaller fighters before fighting for the gold. For his cousin, he predicts a similar fate.

“I am the big brother and I always told them,” he told MMA Junkie, “if you guys, if somebody don’t wanna fight with you, okay fight with anybody. You know, the UFC is a very big organization. If somebody from top ten he don’t wanna fight, okay leave these guys alone.”

“You just have to keep winning and end of the days, you’ll fight for the title. This is happened with me, this is happened with Islam and I’m sure is gonna happen with Umar too.” Clearly, Nurmagomedov has spoken here from experience.

What do you think about the former champ’s take? His cousin is rightfully going well and tonight might be bigger challenges as Almakhan boasts 11 wins and only one loss in his MMA career. Will the Dagestani reign supreme? There’s clearly a lot of legacy riding on his journey in the UFC. A legacy big enough for even current champs to desire a fight with ‘The Eagle.

Ilia Topuria wants to fight Nurmagomedov

Ilia Topuria is the brand new featherweight champion of the world. He defeated Alexander Volkanovski breaking his featherweight reign streak within just two rounds. After his win, he called out Nurmagomedov’s arch-nemesis, Conor McGregor and eventually, ‘The Eagle’ himself was recalled.

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In an interview, Topuria revealed his desire to go up against Khabib Nurmagomedov himself because he considers him a worthy fighter. Both the fighters boast an undefeated record and have impressive ground game. However, could that ever happen?

The famous Dagestani has quit the job inside the Octagon a while ago. Even being offered millions of dollars won’t bring him back to the cage. He made a promise to his mother to return home and so he did. Will we ever see him fight again? The answer has been no for a long time now.

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