At the age of 27, Umar Nurmagomedov is considered as one of UFC's future champions. He is still maintaining a series of achievements in full winning MMA (16 matches), and has won 4 consecutive matches at UFC. It was the basis for Umar to be arranged by UFC to play with Cory Sandhagen in early August.
If defeated Cory Sandhagen, Umar Nurmagomedov will occupy the 4th rank of the opponent. This is also a necessary condition and enough to help Khabib's cousin can challenge a championship match against Aljamain Sterling, who holds UFC Bantamweight. However, this plan of Umar quickly failed.
According to information from USA Today, Umar Nurmagomedov boxers were injured in the latest training session. That also means that Umar will not be able to play according to the scheduled schedule. Sharing with ESPN, Umar coach said he had a shoulder injury. UFC will definitely have to find another boxer against Cory Sandhagen.
Besides being unable to confront Cory Sandhagen, Umar Nurmagomedov's lightless injury will cause him to have surgery. If the above information becomes true, Umar is likely to take a long -term break. The last time Umar played was in January this year, when Mr. Ha Ko Raoni Barcelos.
Umar Nurmagomedov was born in 1996, is the brother of Usman Nurmagomedov, the reigning champion of the International MMA Bellator. Both are cousins of Khabib Nurmagomedov. They attended a Sambo/MMA club in Russia before playing internationally.