PFL light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov hasn’t entered the UFC but, however he’s already speaking trash in regards to the high quality of opposition he might face when he will get there.
Nurmagomedov fought the final struggle on his PFL contract final month, and lately revealed he turned down r from the group with a purpose to wait out the n interval and see what different promotions may provide him. Promotions just like the UFC, the place he might lastly get his due as among the best lightweights on this planet.
In an interview with Sport24, Usman pushed again on the concept the highest fighters are all within the UFC.
“They are saying in the event you don’t struggle within the UFC, it’s not the identical stage. I disagree with this,” he stated. “Simply take a look at the fellows within the UFC who sit within the prime 10 and so they simply struggle amongst themselves and maintain the highest ten closed. For instance, Benoit Saint Denis. Received 4, misplaced to Dustin Poirier, misplaced to ‘Cash’ Moicano, misplaced 3 extra. Misplaced in 30 seconds. [Michael] Chandler. High 15. He’s there. Misplaced to [Paddy] Pimblett.”
“[Ilia] Topuria, who praised himself endlessly, misplaced. Give up on the stool. Stated ‘I don’t wanna proceed.’ Arman [Tsarukyan] misplaced to [Mateusz] Gamrot, and he misplaced to Islam [Makhachev]. He sits, waits a 12 months, fights as soon as, and says that he’s the perfect wrestler on this planet. Whereas he had two fights, I made 4 title defenses.”
In Nurmagomedov’s thoughts, the one motive these fighters are so extremely regarded is the UFC’s extra seen platform.
“You understand how they will speak? The UFC PR machine could be very sturdy,” Nurmagomedov stated. “The fights I do, not everybody is aware of the names.”
Nurmagomedov is definitely speaking a giant sport, as are his teammates who’ve already dubbed him the . We’ve seen a lot of excessive profile imports into the UFC these days, and a few of them have collapsed spectacularly. If Usman is available in and struggles after speaking trash like this, he’ll by no means hear the top of it.