Undefeated bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov will battle for the undisputed championship in opposition to titleholder Merab Dvalishvili within the UFC 311 co-main occasion on Jan. 18. On Nov. 30, “Younger Eagle” revealed that he fractured his arm and would not have the ability to compete this month.
In an interview with ESPN MMA, Nurmagomedov detailed the damage, his coaching round it, and accepting the title battle anyway.
“After I used to be in Dagestan, I punch my arm,” Nurmagomedov informed ESPN MMA. “I’m going to point out the physician and I confirmed them. They did, like, not an MRI however once they test bone? An X-Ray? They did X-ray and so they mentioned, ‘You broke [your arm]’.
“After 20 days I’m going once more. Even once I was damaged, I used to be working. I wish to nonetheless be in form, . Even that point I attempt run, attempt to do shadow boxing, attempt to be in form. And after 20 days I’m going once more, and it’s grow to be a lot better.
“Even my punches and different issues, I do grapple, I can do wrestling class. All the things I can do. Then I known as my supervisor Ali [Abdelaziz] and I mentioned to him ‘hey, I wish to battle’. He mentioned ‘however we mentioned we’re injured’ and I mentioned ‘I informed you, take this battle’.
Nurmagomedov’s supervisor suggested him to not take the battle, however the 29-year outdated Russian insisted.
“My supervisor and my hassle mentioned, ‘Hey, you are loopy. You may’t battle like that.’ They usually mentioned, ‘No.’ They requested once more. They known as me once more. ‘Will you battle with Merab?’ In fact. I already requested to,” Nurmagomedov mentioned.
