Umar Nurmagomedov has revealed his thoughts about the upcoming fight of the Bantamweight Champion against Merab Dvalishvili. Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili have a history that they have continued now. Both of the fighters have amazing Grappling and striking skills which makes them special from other fighters that they defeated.
Recently Merab’s friend Aljamain Sterling criticized the coach of Sean O’Malley. The reason for criticism is that his coach was interfering with the trash-talking of the fighter which almost every fighter does before the fight. This criticism increased the tensions of both teams and attracted the attention of the viewers. This fight will be one of the interesting and higher fan-following fights of UFC 306.
Umar Nurmagomedov Talks about Merab
Merab Dvalishvili has won 10 fights consecutively. He has become one of the best fighters in the Octagon by having nearly seven takedowns every 15 minutes during the fight. Recently Dvalishvili fought Henry Cejudo and won against the great fighter but it did not impress Umar Nurmagomedov and he thinks that Merab should be fighting other tough fighters to prove himself in the Octagon.
He thinks that Henry is a very competitive athlete and things would have been different if they were the same age. Umar Nurmagomedov clearly said this, “I think he went down because of age, three years without a fight, but I think if they [would have fought] when Cejudo was in his prime, I think it’s going to be a different result.”
Importance of Grappling and Striking
But Umar Nurmagomedov also appreciates the emerging fighter like him because he has improved a lot since they fought the last time. Merab has worked on his grappling skills a lot which is one of the crucial parts of combat sports. In UFC, it is important to have your grappling and striking skills improved but when it comes to the Octagon you need to how to use it at the right moment, and that is what makes you a champion, and this skill is improved with experience.
That’s exactly what Dvalishvili has been improving on for all of these years. And now with all that experience, he has a higher knowledge and control of his grappling. This relentless power has allowed him to overcome many opponents recently and allowed him to build a streak of 10 fights.
Nurmagomedvo Appreciates Sean O’Malley
Umar Numagamedov has the attitude of a fierce fighter. Like his coach Khabib Numagamedov, he wants to fight everyone and challenge everybody in the Octagon. Umar has made it clear to the UFC that he’ll fight anyone, whether it’s O’Malley if it’s Merab or anyone else. They just have to put them there in the cage and close the gate. “I don’t care. Him or O’Malley or someone else, I want to fight with everyone”, Umar Nurmagomedov Said.
According to Nurmagomedov, it’s difficult to predict the upcoming fight between O’Malley and Dvalishvili because both are very strong fighters. But at the end of the day, we are going to have a winner and we are going to see a winner come out of that cage with bloodshed and sweat.
It will depend on how both fighters will perform in the cage and how they execute their skills against the other fighter in the right order. “It’s difficult for a prediction. It’s like, who’s going to do his job? If Merab will do his job with takedowns, hold him, and dominate on the ground, he’s going to win. If O’Malley doesn’t let him come close and he uses his boxing and kicks, he’s going to win.”
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