During the confrontation with Bekzat Almakhan at UFC 238, Umar Nurmagomedov won the next month of the Knockdown situation in the first half. This victory helped him keep the unbeaten achievement of 5 matches and brought him in the top 10 Bantamweight.
Umar Nurmagomedov is a prominent member of the Nurmagomedov family, he started practicing martial arts very early and this helped Russian boxers have a good foundation to follow the professional MMA. Like his cousin Khabib, Umar was also a world Sambo champion. Besides, the 28 -year -old boxer once took the throne in the amateur MMA tournament when he was very young.
The promotion of Umar Nurmagomedov in the top 10 Bantamweight weight class is a challenge for other leading boxers. Since entering UFC, Umar has had 4 times to withdraw from the scheduled matches. The most unfortunate opportunity was missed when he could not be up to the top 3 bantamweight Cory Sandhagen in August last year.
Currently on the UFC rankings, Sean O'Malley is holding the Bantamweight weighing championship belt. He is about to have a battle to protect the belt against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. The professional MMA competition of 'Suga' is 17 wins, 1 loss, 1 match that is not recognized as the results and is the reigning champion of Bantamweight. Meanwhile, Vera is ranked 5th on this weight rankings.
At the present time, UFC's Bantamweight weight class has found the challenge of the champion in the near future. The winner in the match between Sean O'Malley and Marlon Vera will face Merab Dvalishvili. Gruzia boxers owned a series of 10 consecutive wins, and he defeated three former championships.