“Cory Sandhagen will face Umar Nurmagomedov. This is the focal match of the event held at Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” UFC announced. With the current ranking of two boxers, the winner will likely be promoted to the championship stretching in the near future.
On the UFC rankings, Cory Sandhagen is ranked second in Bantamweight. The ranking of Umar Nurmagomedov is 9th. This pair was announced by UFC in August last year. However, the organizers had to cancel it due to Umar injury. The replacement he played was Rob Font.
Umar Nurmagomedov was born in 1996, the cousin of UFC champion UFC Khabib Nurmagomedov. He owns a professional MMA performance table 17 matches (2 no, 7 submission). Similar to Khabib, Umar has a Sambo style competition of Russia, with typical tightening locks.
Before signing a contract with UFC, Umar Nurmagomedov used to play at PFL and Eagle Fighting Championship, the Russian MMA championship as Khabib as a man. He joined UFC at the end of 2020, and soon competed in early 2021. In the UFC arena, Umar had a record of 5 matches.
After the match against Cory Sandhagen in August, 2023 was canceled, Umar returned to play in March 2024. He won convincingly by calculating the point against Bekzat Almakhan. It was the Umar match that played completely on the basis, and there was an arbitrator to win 10-8 (big gap).