'I'm happy to see Sean O'Malley with the belt - it's good for the division': Umar Nurmagomedov

Umar Nurmagomedov came to Abu Dhabi to support Islam Makhachev in the lead-up to his fight against Alexander Volkanovski at #UFC294.
00:00 'I'm here for my brothers'
00:20 Recovery
00:56 Islam Makhachev's training camp
02:05 Sean O'Malley as champion
03:06 Aljamain Sterling
03:30 'Sean would love to see me down in the rankings'
04:30 Petr Yan vs Sean O'Malley
05:26 'Sean Strickland is not some loser’
#UmarNurmagomedov #TeamKhabib

[@ImranKhan-gs2hy]

Starting to get Khabib vibes from Umar, he has the same mentality as Khabib too.

[@ahmedprince1854]

yeah bro, Umar is so close to Khabib in terms of talking, He will get a big fan base like Khabib

[@FreemanWelterweight]

Thank you guys for the interview, these guys are so well-spoken when talking in Russian, it's a shame it gets lost in translation when speaking English.

[@RedCorner_MMA]

Thanks for the love 👊

[@combatcritique]

He'll be the favorite against O'Malley for sure ❤

[@lkptlst3256]

he never gets shot against Suga for sure lol

[@aboodthebest7726]

​@lkptlst3256 why?

[@lkptlst3256]

@@aboodthebest7726 its not good for UFC. same story like Merab

[@aboodthebest7726]

@lkptlst3256 Well, if you look at it from another way . Suga already wants to fight Omar he is a draw, and he calls the shots in the bw division. And it's kinda gives that khabib vs. connor fight, not the same, of course, but close to it, so I believe it's gonna be a good story

[@aboodthebest7726]

@lkptlst3256 not to mention that omar is kinda the bogeyman of the division looking at the fact that everyone is ducking him except for Cory, of course . He will eventually beat everyone until he reaches suga or simply suga will call him out

[@user-zb8il9mb7n]

mark my words he will be champion, Sean is good especially in strking game but Umar is beast everywhere.

[@walterbarros1854]

Umar can be his worst nightmare, cuz his style is almost perfect, he has good stricking, good ground game and is smart guy on that cage, from now if he ever fights Omalley im giving him as the favorite.

[@Riceboivncz]

Umar will definitely be a champion soon inshallah Out of everyone he really reminds me the most of Khabib,I think we here for a good time guys🔥

[@user-hl8bd8sy4o]

It was total "nonsense" what O'Malley said about Umar didn't deserve a shot at Cory. Forget about the bullshit rankings. Umar was a massive favorite going into that fight. So much of a favorite I'm pretty sure that any 135er would be a dog to him right now. And I know Vegas missed on some big fights this year (Whittaker, Aljo, Izzy). But that city wasn't built by being wrong.

[@snake0911]

O’Malley vs Umar is the Khabib/Conor rematch we never got. Dana’s got that dolly ready to go.

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

exepect umar gonna get ko'd

[@isseabdirahmanweheliye9010]

​@@COOlguy-ed5bqabsurd thinking.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

@@COOlguy-ed5bq How do you know that? You don't. So don't say what you don't know.

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

@@JustChill-zd4ib God forbid a nigga make predictions 😭

[@Xlobudos]

Smoking toenails again?@@COOlguy-ed5bq

[@shark4sk]

Inshallah...Soon Umar is going to be the Champion 🏆🏆🥇🏆.... Hope he recovers soon....

[@swadbodhy9242]

And I'm happy to see you in good mood!!

[@ytuser6091]

3:30 smart question!

[@RedCorner_MMA]

Appreciate it !

[@moonvenerable7897]

Hopefully they give him Song Yadong in Saudi fight night main event

[@user-dc9yv4rf1f]

Waiting for your return

[@hypernanox9002]

Omar deserve title shot

[@kevinmalone584]

Not yet at all

[@digibaz]

What a respectful young man

[@Terps_Whisperer]

A THOUSAND YEARS PIANO IS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND

[@leafclover8891]

This was a very good inteview. 👍🏻

[@RedCorner_MMA]

Thank you for watching!

[@moonmcken]

See u soon young eagle 🦅💪

[@Badfella23]

The UFC will let O'Malley get a couple title defences before Umar comes to takeover.

[@shafqatishan437]

Who can O'Malley beat tho? Chito, Cory, Merab etc beats him easily.

[@clkgtr12]

​@@shafqatishan437i don't think it's that simple, they're not just gonna walk through him

[@GotMyDickInYaMouth]

@@clkgtr12merab is tho trust me that mf will run though sean i don’t see anybody beating that mf merab vs umar will be legendary

[@clkgtr12]

@@GotMyDickInYaMouth aljo has better ground game than merab and he lost, it's mma, it will be a good fight tho

[@GotMyDickInYaMouth]

@@clkgtr12 he may have better ground game yes but merab is like khabib 5 rounds of pure pressure running through everything that’s the thing about merab he ain’t exciting but he’s good

[@boris_js]

I hope he is more careful next time staying away from injuries

[@user-ol9lm3si4w]

У него это 4 травма плечо

[@walterbarros1854]

Like Coach Javier said "he can be n11 in the rankings, but in my eyes he is the champion, same happened with Islam"

[@kevinmalone584]

Did this interviewer really just say Strickland is a low level fighter?

[@RedCorner_MMA]

Absolutely not! I was talking about rankings. Sean was the #5 middleweight going into his fight with Izzy.

[@handsomefatboy]

I never knew Umar has a broken nose.

[@imgroot90]

Song yadong beats him easily

[@shadowzeenko3653]

Song Yadong is a living punching bag. Umar is too slick and too fast for him. You have no clue. Umar's kicking game andhigh level grappling is a problem for anyone in that division.

[@szaret1]

He's gotta be trolling lol. Not worth a response@@shadowzeenko3653

[@Asiyah2000]

​@@shadowzeenko3653exactly 💯 😂

[@shadowzeenko3653]

@@Asiyah2000 I swear to God these guys are so biased against daghestani fighters they'll talk all sorts of s***... Yadong beats Umar easy ? People telling that should explain how he would do that, cause i really do't see how he would stop Umar's grappling and outstruck Umar on the feet. Umar is just better everywhere. Yadong hits harder, but that's it, really...

[@Asiyah2000]

@shadowzeenko3653 absolutely 💯 you nailed it they hypocrite Islamphopic trash 🗑

[@kostas666lelapas3]

Good lad.his striking is levels ahead of Khabibs too different style honestly

[@walterbarros1854]

Khabib's striking is not bad, is like Strickland's unorthodox, but useful for them. With that striking he never got hit to much.