It will likely be a minimum of few months till we see Umar Nurmagomedov step again contained in the Octagon following UFC 311 this previous weekend. The bantamweight title challenger could have suffered the primary lack of his profession within the co-main occasion however there have been lots of positives for him take from this battle.
For a begin, his extremely anticipated conflict with Merab Dvalishvili ended up producing among the best title fights in a while, incomes each males a battle of the night time bonus on the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Nurmagomedov additionally gained the primary two rounds on two of the scorecards with the relentless cardio of the defending champion seeing him take over from this level on because the tide started to show in his favor.
What makes the challenger’s show much more spectacular is that instantly after the bout in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, the 29-year outdated stated that he believed he had damaged his hand within the first spherical. Dvalishvili additionally got here into the battle in lower than very best situation however you wouldn’t have been in a position to inform from both of their performances and that’s an enormous credit score to each of them.
Following the affirmation of Nurmagomedov’s hand damage, his supervisor has since posted a timeframe for his return because the cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov seems to get again within the combine. Ali Abdelaziz posted the next message on X to state that after taking a while off to get well, his fighter will likely be able to go once more in a number of months time.
On condition that Nurmagomedov is but to face lots of the prime contenders at 135-pounds, as Dvalishvili remarked all through the construct as much as January 18, there are lots of thrilling choices for him even after struggling a defeat.
“@UNmgdv getting a surgical procedure tomorrow on his hand, he will likely be again within the cage mid or late summer season”
