Umar Nurmagomedov reviews Sean O’Malley’s UFC 299 win + wants Cory Sandhagen this summer | ESPN MMA

ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto speaks with Umar Nurmagomedov about Sean O’Malley’s win vs. Marlon Vera to defend his bantamweight title at UFC 299. Umar also discusses O’Malley’s wrestling and why he’d expect Ilia Topuria to beat “Suga” if the two fought. Umar also discusses his interest in fighting Cory Sandhagen this summer.
0:00 Intro
1:25 Thoughts on UFC 299
4:52 How good is Sean’s wrestling?
8:34 Surprised Sean beat Aljo?
9:38 Sean’s comments on him
11:19 Thoughts on O’Malley vs. Topuria
12:27 Is Sandhagen next?
16:11 Will you ever have a rival like Khabib did?
#UFC #Umar #Nurmagomedov
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[@Hennyauto]

This is how you keep improving your English Umar. Your a couple fights away from being a superstar and having your belt. Gods Speed Champ

[@TimKartveli]

He'll never have a belt till Merab is there

[@alihatem8794]

@@TimKartveli umar doesnt need to use his ground game to beat pillow hands merab

[@DaudShegow]

Because in islam it's sunnah to shave

[@vatichild]

@@alihatem8794 If you think Umar have stone hands u are going to be disappointed

[@evilkhamzat]

@@vatichildfirst guy to KO Barcelos

[@alfiashaikh9228]

The thumbnail is 🥺🇵🇸 my respect for Espn and Umar📈

[@robbiejohnston2023]

Be quiet. I don’t like Israel but stop talking about it on sports videos

[@HanzSheikh-bu3xd]

@@robbiejohnston2023ppl wonder how genocides keep happening well one way is ppl don’t wanna be disturbed from their entertainment.

[@mirzadzinic6794]

What is a thumbnail ?

[@abdul6423]

The pic that is shown on the video before u click it bro.

[@abdul6423]

@mirza

[@revendranaidoo4305]

Umar is so likeable his english is improving a humble guy who's also a killer inside the cag

[@georgexander7170]

Cag

[@octagonexclusive]

Future Champ. Rooting for you Umar

[@TimKartveli]

Not gonna happen when Merab is there

[@TimKartveli]

@@Jackrabfanyoeven you don't believe that

[@predestinedbyGod]

@@TimKartveli😂

[@Jackrabfanyo]

Merab gets chinned by nobodies all the time and he is no Chito when it comes to taking big shots....Sean takes him out in 2@@TimKartveli

[@Jackrabfanyo]

Tell me you don't watch Merab fights without telling me that you do 🤣...the only way i can take you serious is if i know you have not watched Merab fights previously....You seem more like an O'Malley hater than a Merab fan.@@TimKartveli

[@lullaby501]

always happy to see more content on Umar. Superstar in the making.

[@UmarKhan-qo6hd]

Umar is so calm and nice future champ.

[@ahg8006]

Brett really needs to slow down his speech and speak more clearly when interviewing these fighters that are in the midst of learning English.

[@maxmesh1818]

exactly how are they supposed to understand him

[@Graciekiller32]

Brett sucks, can’t stand him

[@gallosurfero]

100% it's called being a real human being amigo ❤ good call

[@mohdsaifullahomar9849]

Like DC did when speak with English beginners.

[@honorylealtad5596]

He is the kind of guy that have never trained so he wants to look smart and an expert in the subject

[@hashimsolo8982]

Future champion

[@Synth2000]

Umar, Cory, Merab, Petr… even that striker that Umar just fought… the division is crazy

[@user-ji9xr5dr4o]

Believe me mate that striker that umar fought is very well rounded he was using his wrestling alot to beat his opponents for umar to did what he did is very imprissive

[@gallosurfero]

Awesome fighter human being Umar and yes the division is loca! Regards from Spain

[@jasonbaldini]

Umar’s saying I ain’t gonna start it but I’ll finish it!!

[@yassineamell9311]

Umar is future champion

[@SongYaBong]

No he’s not Mario Bautista smokes him

[@yungugh1-689]

@@SongYaBongfuture champion

[@joshuahoops9430]

He almost got KOd in first round by a rookie no name and he’s boring af

[@yungugh1-689]

@@joshuahoops9430 boo hoo cry

[@Frkc956]

InchaAllah

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Umar has become a global treasure, always nice, humble and down to earth of a person. And actually learned English unlike other foreign fighters and wants to fight the best. They should just throw him into top 10 next, so that we could see many fun matchups.

[@revolutionoutdoorsandstuff5846]

I wouldn’t go that far lol. Good guy tho.

[@Asiyah2000]

​@revolutionoutdoorsandstuff5846 if you had known him or spent one minute with him you will be saying that so 🤷umar is extremely nice and very great human being

[@mrx6787]

Bro Umar's knowledge is insane😮

[@khairt1731]

Future champ right here.

[@mariuscosmindumitru5006]

Super, Umar has crazy personality, he will be champ for sure!

[@V.ROY...]

Umar👑

[@Ar1AnX1x]

he's right, nobody thought O'Malley can beat Aljo, I barely saw anyone believing that

[@Jackrabfanyo]

Yup, O'Malley helped alot of people get out of the casual's mindset/perspective ...people think that when a wrestler vs a striker happens it's just a takedown into submission after a few feints and then GG ez win for the wrestler.

[@blackflag6976]

Aljo is old. thats why

[@deathstroke334]

I love how gentle of a human being he is.

[@rok2791]

Gentle? He is trash talking big ego cage fighter

[@deathstroke334]

@@rok2791 guess you haven't seen him fight or heard him speak. Especially about those who are currently oppressed.

[@rok2791]

@@deathstroke334 yeah almost seen him lose to a newcomer in his last fight …. And always see him brag that he is better than everyone

[@deathstroke334]

@@rok2791 cool

[@Levepalestine11]

Umar the young eagle 🦅

[@moonvenerable7897]

Respect to Sandhagen for taking this fight and you know how big of a threat Umar is for Merab to call out this fight to be cancelled.

[@The_Eagle_Official]

georgians fear dagestanis

[@ahg8006]

Future champ!

[@aftabon]

He is very down to earth, a simple guy

[@MajdCena]

Bantamweight champ late 2024 or early 2025 come back to this comment when it happens ;)

[@Xxjoseph1029xX]

Nobody even wants to fight him, get over yourself

[@SongYaBong]

@@Xxjoseph1029xXCory does and will sleep him

[@elyas4637]

Pullout merchant 😂. If war gets worse then forget these peeps, they would be shelved by the rest of the world. Best case, they would fight once a year in Abu Dhabi.

[@alfiashaikh9228]

Yes brother/sister , we will !

[@tonyelgodferguson32-07]

Ohhh hold on buddy show some respect or Umar might hold you down for 3 rounds

[@shark4sk]

Definitely he is the nicest Nurmagomedov....

[@rok2791]

not a huge accomplishment.Khabib has done and said a lot of not very nice stuff

[@ytuser6091]

Welcome Umar ❤ Thanks Brett!

[@whosphone1834]

Interviewer speaks SOOO fast. SLOW DOWN with international fighters.

[@usamaramzan9306]

Good Interview

[@evilkhamzat]

Sean can fight no ranked opponent and get a #1 contender fight vs Yan when he was ranked 11th and that’s fine, but when Umar does the same thing then it’s a problem 😂😂😂

[@GotMyDickInYaMouth]

@@MlNlclipsyou seriously think o malley? a bigger then name then someone who’s named after khabib? you delusional

[@Asiyah2000]

​@@MlNlclipsso does umar he has biggest last name and has huge following so 🤷

[@stackpapereveryday5682]

Umar, marab, Cory, petr, song, omalley, Aldo, crazy division

[@sirarungasal3732]

stacked

[@usamaramzan9306]

He is articulate and has good sight for MMA.

[@frankstallworth5068]

There's not one interview that Brett okamoto does that does not bring up McGregor in any shape or form. Dude has a serious hard on for him.

[@cyclonus01]

Yup him and Ariel. Two beta males.

[@mohamedhandal7006]

The goat himself. I think he will end his career as the greatest bw of all time

[@abubakrkhan110]

Respect ❤❤❤

[@Ar1AnX1x]

this interview Brett actually asked decent questions, I donno if he's bad only in person or what but sometimes he asks boring questions, sometimes like in this one he has actually something to ask

[@n_golek]

Yeah, brett needs to get out’ve his own way sometimes.

[@Synth2000]

Let’s celebrate the improvements then, it is about time for him to start knowing what he is doing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tamie341]

That last question was so irrelwvant and stupid tho

[@pabloescabar7997]

Future Goat❤

[@elitekings88]

Real humble guy, can’t wait till he becomes champ.

[@crazypato3752]

Umar Nurmagomedov vs Rinya Nakamura is a future banger matchup

[@sstech5410]

It really bro

[@NewDarkKnight]

Whos rinya?

[@Funnyshuaib]

He is too sweet ❤

[@dewalegolas5533]

Umar vs merab lets go

[@teleskopossomnium]

umar smokes him.

[@js6618]

Winner fights for the belt

[@js6618]

Kinda unfair to merab. He beat yan and cejudo already

[@Manuel_Chinaski]

@@js6618when was the last time Merab beat someone coming off a win ?

[@rok2791]

Yeah number 1 contender vs number 10, after he just pulled out of a fight, then lost a round and almost the fight to an unknown newcomer ....yeah that makes sense🤣... Umar maybe should fight on pre-lims, while Merab fights for belt

[@ammana6553]

Future champ InShaAllah

[@plushpc5992]

Umar breaking the “no mustache” rule

[@duck8997]

It’s a stupid rule by dumb fake prophet 😂

[@davequag2795]

Lmao tell me why I was thinking the same thing

[@JamieReynolds89]

he hasno moustache??

[@khairt1731]

​@@duck8997 say that in real life and watch you get dealt with. Keyboard warrior.

[@youngornitier9581]

@@JamieReynolds89 even moustache stubble is haram bro

[@Mhsadtya]

Future champ☝️

[@BlaqueDiamond2k12]

Oh man I'm rooting for you Umar. You're the uncrowned champ!!

[@hereday4910]

Great guy

[@AkMS0505]

Insha'llah our future champ👊English improved.

[@MrFahadaz]

He's very focused and a great guy I met him in San Jose

[@saadshoaib901]

Umar❤

[@hur_ra492]

Umar english is improving ❤

[@DevinMcSalty]

Umar is the perfect mix of DC’s silly humor and Khabib’s dry humor. Watchin him mess wit his teammates/coaches is top tier content😂

[@phatman23]

Nice interview. Umar has to keep working on improving his English. I definitely think he has potential to become a big star.

[@freedomfighters101]

Okomoto stop pressing umar to get wild at press confrenceses. Let the man be!

[@sheikhtanvir2272]

Umar will be champ very soon 🔜

[@reemraw9956]

NurmagomeGOAT 😤😤😤

[@jadenegovender4009]

My Young Eagle of Dagestan.. Future champ right here.. Training hard fight easy

[@xonious9031]

his biggest win is Brian Kelleher... he has not really had any fights

[@jadenegovender4009]

@@xonious9031 yeah when ppl start fighting him he will be more established and get title fight shot... He one of the best in my opinion

[@yasirbaig893]

Umar is Future Champ

[@khaire6661]

Next champ umar

[@Sportss_24_7]

Umar is the likeable one

[@rickyalvarado88]

MERAB vs Umar make it happen.

[@jocoolshow]

Why would Merab fight Umar instead of Sean

[@papafituae]

merab defintely deserves a title fight bro, as fun as this would be. hopefully it can be for a belt if merab does what everyone expects him to do with sean.

[@CuriousVisuals]

Every time Umar said 'HMM?' it made me laugh, Idk why.

[@ricktheruler1665]

Merab vs umar is a super fight

[@TuanMapel-bn4le]

I would like to give umar credit for understand the business need in which he learn and speak English.. no worry as long as people understand that is okay...

[@revolutionoutdoorsandstuff5846]

Corey is a beast taking this fight! Respectful and a killer!

[@farhanitrate3800]

Umar champ status soon

[@paul_SEALs]

No ,this bi!ch pulled out before against sandhagen.. He is a clown

[@bz829]

Umar the real deal Nurmagomedov

[@jawadsediqi7887]

UMAR NUR MUHAMMADOV IS MMA SUPER STAR , HE IS REALY TECHNICAL SMART FIGHTER

[@rayyanmohsin8638]

Extremely humble guy. A fighter of his stature can easily go off guns blazing, calling out everyone saying he'd beat'em all, but he shows decent character instead.

[@rok2791]

saying he can beat them all is kind of the opposite of humble.....a humble fighter would just show with their actions

[@rayyanmohsin8638]

He will. Bookmark this. @@rok2791

[@kavkaz1988]

future champ

[@sidisidahmed755]

i can't bully someone just because he is different

[@yousafmazhar5588]

Young eagle !

[@nilesrodriguez4343]

This guy is a future champion. The UFC will do everything they can to keep this guy from O'Malley.

[@georgedzagania9744]

Yes ther are doing same with merab to O'Malley

[@rok2791]

they already have him jumping the line to fight Sandhagen, even tho he pulled out ....extra privilege because of name

[@georgedzagania9744]

@@rok2791 yeah so true look what road did merab go through and what he is doing fight Sanghegen if u win. Title shot. Same with O'Malley fight Yan even he lost gift win and then title shot

[@user-hl8bd8sy4o]

All those saying Umar doesn't deserve a shot at Cory or it's only because of his name couldn't be more wrong. It's not his name it's his teams name. Team Khabib. And more important than who he's fought. It is more important who he works out with on a daily basis. There is a reason Vegas had him as a -300 favorite last July. And gave Cory a 25% chance of winning.

[@walterr.brewerjr.8166]

The dude is good man

[@xonious9031]

probably but as a fighter his biggest win is Brian Kelleher

[@cyborg-zl2mc]

Okamoto has to practice paraphrasing questions and slow pace,Umar had trouble understanding him,but Umar is getting better

[@moonmcken]

People forgot that Khabib was nicer too.. But when people started to treat him bad without reasons, he "had" to smashed them badly 😂

[@momongs5078]

I think Cory vs O’Malley is the fight to make because i really want to see who have better striking between them

[@toma3447]

Umar will break O’Malley. Umar will be to O’Malley what Khabib was to Conor. Umar is O’Malleys Khabib.

[@TONY_87.]

Brett loves to interview Ali Abdelaziz fighters.

[@Asiyah2000]

Because they all class 🤷

[@ashiaqu643]

Brett :youre nice than khabib umar khabib :send me location brett

[@alibabwabobiwa19]

Umar destroys Sandhagen..... there is no bantamweight that can beat this man 2 or 3 more fights, and Umar is Champ

[@Asiyah2000]

Facts 💯

[@astroboy1207]

Suga don’t need all wrestling components like mat return etc.. all he has to do is not get taken down and get up 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@bz829]

Good english keep it up bro

[@FT-827-]

Brett i swear by god you are the best compared to every single journalist around the world! Thank you so much

[@jackreacher2095]

Brett burner

[@edenbaral2106]

Really? He puts me to sleep.

[@gingerwaynos]

Brett was definitely not around when the charismatic dynamism vouchers were being handed out.

[@Philbos]

Can't wait to see Robbie Lawler fight

[@rengan1000]

♥♥

[@SKSPORTS2002]

Umar will be champion in 25

[@xonious9031]

It is very unlikely that he could get through a guy like Jonathon Martinez... he has not had any fights yet.

[@SKSPORTS2002]

@@xonious9031 nah disagree

[@xonious9031]

@@SKSPORTS2002 look into Martinez's fights... he is under the radar but he brings it

[@theatheist2436]

He is next khabib ❤

[@elyas4637]

Yeah because Khabib has been dropped by a debut guy before 😂

[@anderson22555]

@@elyas4637any one can get hit in fight same happened with Islam he get caught and loss the fight props to umar how he handled it and by the way his opponent BEKZAT had total 23 fights with only one loss kid isn’t even in his prime he’s a killer.

[@fuckk3o751]

😂😂😂😂 u vary funny

[@bmwbavaria3991]

@@elyas4637that debut guy will beat anyone else in his division not named Nurmagomedov! You ll get to see if you already haven’t seen his highlights on KZbin

[@user-yw8sv3mr4e]

No doubt on u bro u are a champion U are same my name umar and umar name never afraid to anyone

[@papafituae]

low key coach jav's favoite i think haha

[@artofwumbology]

8:25 Idk what's so surprising about at a g grappler lunging into punches and getting caught. The glazing from all the company men is insane.

[@greplink]

I liked my own comment.

[@OldTonyFerguson]

Fair enough

[@akky3553]

You my friend deserve an oscar

[@Nigel514]

Hope it made you happy

[@carlitocash]

🌽

[@dylan6480]

Me too

[@lakajnck]

His English keep improve, good job

[@MainCardMinute]

Umar vs. Cory is intriguing feel like Cory may be capable of the upset

[@H-Town_83]

He has got to fight some ranked guy. His last name makes him and Suga a big fight.

[@gallosurfero]

A Recommendation for these kind of reporters, be mindful and respectful of someone who can't speak English fluently (yet) and come on man speak slowly and help someone understand you. Imagine you trying it in Russian or other language. 😢

[@Siptoseina]

Him or Cory will be hard fights for Sean

[@tauseefahmad87]

No body don't have 😂😂😂. I am dying.

[@Braidas]

Ya ilia is a bad idea for him. Hed receive a career changing ko

[@revolutionoutdoorsandstuff5846]

Umar vs Merab is a monster fight!

[@davidmmaenthusiast4132]

He said what I was thinking Khabib Connor 2.0 Well, I added the .0

[@spencer9488]

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