Umar hand injury

[Rayess]

No one is talking about the fact it's the same hands he injured few months ago.

Umar and his team were the ones insisting to get this fight going even tho Umar had the injury, so of course there's a high chance something is going to happen in a title fight with that hand.

I'm surprise he didn't use many more kicks, and it's not like Umar has the best jab of the century.
I was the one thinking Merab would pick Merab apart from the outside (a bit like what we were seeing in the 1st round), but now the lack of humility of Umar is crazy.

"why you ayoiding me?? Am ganna show you why you ayoid me!!" "Am alwayz humble". Then show no props to Merab, but only talks about his hand injury.

 

[RockyLockridge]

No need for this thread you can talk about it in this one.

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Thread 'For people who think Merab can beat Umar'

Jan 11, 2025

What are you seeing that I'm not seing?

His only strength is the cardio/Wrestling/Pressure.
He is not going to outgrapple Umar, and Umar is going to pick him apart from the outside.

Merab has litereally NOTHING for Umar striking wise. The only way is the get to the inside and try to wrestle someone who has titanium wrestling skills.
We talk about cardio. But cardio is directly connected with your confidence. Once Merab lose the confidence behind the "how to break my opponent", I'm very curious to see how much his cardio is going to hold, while getting head/body kicked back and forth.

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[MarioLemieux]

He shattered his hand on Merab's head when he rocked him in the first.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Just breathe, everyone. It’s ok. Nurmagomedovs lose sometimes.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Just breathe, everyone. It’s ok. Nurmagomedovs lose sometimes.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

hand injury didn't change umar's gameplan or cardio imo, it was a close fight but Umar was never going to beat merab with that level of cardio, he looked winded in round 3

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

If it was a pre existing injury all the less reason to make excuses. If you're injured, you take a fight, you're not exempt from results you don't like.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Bathtub boiz watching Umar get clowned last night

 

[ejazahmednit]

Pain can gas you
But credit to Merab iron dome for cracking Umar's hand

 

[krelianx]

hand injury didn't change umar's gameplan or cardio imo, it was a close fight but Umar was never going to beat merab with that level of cardio, he looked winded in round 3

He was soundly outstriking him in the first two, and gassed as he leaned more on the wrestling. Had he not broken his hand it makes more sense he would have not had to push the wrestling and stuck to what was working.

People are seriously suggesting a broken hand had no effect in the fight?

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

He was soundly outstriking him in the first two, and gassed as he leaned more on the wrestling. Had he not broken his hand it makes more sense he would have not had to push the wrestling and stuck to what was working.

People are seriously suggesting a broken hand had no effect in the fight?

He was shooting takedowns in round 1 and 2, he leaned more on the wrestling as he got tired since he wanted to stop merab's forward pressure with a takedown threat. Khabib even said in the corner for umar to shoot on merab after round 3. I don't think the broken hand is the sole reason he was shooting, wrestling was apart of his gameplan and it cost him the fight. If he changes his gameplan he can win a rematch but on that night I think he loses regardless of broken hand

 

[krelianx]

He was shooting takedowns in round 1 and 2, he leaned more on the wrestling as he got tired since he wanted to stop merab's forward pressure with a takedown threat. Khabib even said in the corner for umar to shoot on merab after round 3. I don't think the broken hand is the sole reason he was shooting, wrestling was apart of his gameplan and it cost him the fight. If he changes his gameplan he can win a rematch but on that night I think he loses regardless of broken hand

Khabib told him to wrestle because he knew his hand was broken. It makes no sense to say Umar started wrestling as he got tired to stop Merab's pressure, since wrestling is far more energy taxing. He clearly could not keep the striking output, even though he was still throwing the hand into round four, every time less as it got swollen.

You are also not factoring that a broken hand also affects wrestling. I think Merab is amazing, and his resilience and cardio are laudable. But to pretend a broken hand did not affect the outcome of the fight or the way it played out is silly.

 

[mangokush]

Merab exposed Umar

Umar's soy hand broke against Chad Merab when he tried to punch him with his limp wrist

Merab had staph and stitches on his leg and only had less than 6 weeks to train for this fight

That was Umar's best chance to beat Merab and he blew it

Healthy Full Camp Merab 50-44 Umar easily in a rematch

 

[Conan the K-9]

Khabib told him to wrestle because he knew his hand was broken. It makes no sense to say Umar started wrestling as he got tired to stop Merab's pressure, since wrestling is far more energy taxing. He clearly could not keep the striking output, even though he was still throwing the hand into round four, every time less as it got swollen.

You are also not factoring that a broken hand also affects wrestling. I think Merab is amazing, and his resilience and cardio are laudable. But to pretend a broken hand did not affect the outcome of the fight or the way it played out is silly.

He didn’t tell his corner that he broke his hand.

https://www.mmaweekly.com/news/umar-nurmagomedov-didnt-tell-team-about-broken-during-title-fight

 

[Portland8242]

People are seriously suggesting a broken hand had no effect in the fight?

What about Merab having staph?
What about Merab having 28 stitches in his leg before the fight that he hid fromt he CASC?
What about Merab's back injury that he still made a relatively quick turn-around with too?

And literally all of this just to accommodate the date Umar and his team wanted because they didn't want to fight during/after Ramadan or fight in Australia.

 

[usernamee]

no more handies in the tub

 

[krelianx]

He didn’t tell his corner that he broke his hand.

https://www.mmaweekly.com/news/umar-nurmagomedov-didnt-tell-team-about-broken-during-title-fight

Corrected I stand. Still, I think it is quite crazy to think the broken hand would not have had an effect in how the fight played out.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

If it was a pre existing injury all the less reason to make excuses. If you're injured, you take a fight, you're not exempt from results you don't like.

Exactly, im sure if he won we'd never know about the hand...