It’s unbelievable,” White said Merab’s disclosure will shut down any excuses that may come from Umar’s camp since they were both dealing with injuries. In truth, Nurmagomedov simply looked ...

Umar Nurmagomedov earned his bantamweight title shot by defeating Cory Sandhagen in a hard-fought battle that went the full five rounds. Both fighters had their moments, but Nurmagomedov ...

Umar would be another fight away from a title shot and it would put Yan as the #1 contender." On January 18, Nurmagomedov came up short in his attempt to dethrone Merab Dvalishvili, losing by ...

The UFC bantamweight division was left in limbo following Merab Dvalishvili’s successful title defense over Umar Nurmagomedov at ... he was being given ‘Dana White privilege’ with this ...

A bantamweight title eliminator bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov headlined the event.