Umar Nurmagomedov Confirms Khabib Will Be in His Corner for Cory Sandhagen Fight

Allan Binoy | 31/07/2024
Cory Sandhagen Plans Apology to Khabib and Umar Nurmagomedov if He Wins at UFC Abu Dhabi

UFC fans will get a glimpse of coach Khabib Nurmagomedov yet again this weekend. The former UFC champion will be in the corner for his brother Umar Nurmagomedov’s fight against Cory Sandhagen.

This is Umar’s biggest fight to date as he will be headlining an event for the first time and taking on a ranked opponent in Sandhagen. Hence, the young fighter will need all the help he can get, and who better to get it from than the unbeaten former UFC champ?

In a recent interview with Mike Bohn for MMA Junkie, Umar was asked who might be in his corner for the fight, to which the fighter replied,

“It’s gonna be Usman (Nurmagomedov), Shamil Zavurov, Javier (Mendez), and Khabib (Nurmagomed0v)”

Although Islam Makhachev will not make it to Umar’s corner, other important members of the American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) will present on the day. Moreover, one should note that not only is Khabib unbeaten as a fighter, but he is also unbeaten as a coach when he was in a fighter’s corner.

Well, if the bantamweight does end up beating Sandhagen, the UFC has big things in store for him in terms of his next fight.

Umar reveals the UFC has offered him the winner of O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili

Sean O’Malley will take on Merab Dvalishvili at the UFC Noche event in September with the title on the line.

With Umar fighting as early as next week, he might be ready for another bout at the end of the year, and it seems like the UFC has promised him a title shot. In the same interview with MMA Junkie, the Russian fighter spoke about what’s next for him, saying,

“They said I will fight whoever will win (between O’Malley and Merab).”

Nurmagomedov is certain that the title shot is next for him if he can overcome ‘Sandman’. However, that is easier said than done, as Sandhagen does not show any signs of slowing down.

As for the American, a fight against the 10th-ranked Umar is not anything to worry about, and he will look to give it his all inside the octagon.

Post Edited By: Shraman Mitra
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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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