Umar is fighting injured?

[_manhattan]

He wasnt sick at the time of the fight...he was sick in camp and then pulled out during the week of the fight...

First it was an injury they said...then he was sick

One of the biggest cases of cold feet I've ever seen IMO...RDA is well rounded and has one of the strongest resumes all time not single easy fighter on his resume ..very game opponent and Islam wasnt the Islam of today back then ...

He tried to get the RDA fight in before the fight with Charles.

 

[RockyLockridge]

All these guys suggesting Merab was strongarmed really need to explain how, since, you know, none of the sources they've shared suggest that even happened. There's no details on it, so I really need clarity into how these guys imagine the situation. Do they think UFC threatened to strip a champ if he didn't defend within 4 months of winning his belt? do they think they offered Merab a huge check that he couldn't refuse? how did this imaginary strongarming go down?

Seems like a lot of jumps of logic need to be made in this scenario. I guess that's easier for some people than believing Merab.

Merab has never been anything but Straight up. zero reason to not believe him.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Ah the old "built in excuse" before he was even offered the fight. Funny Umar tweeted on November 30 that he'd had a fractured arm/hand so he wasn't able to have a camp to fight in January, and 3 days later Merab shows up to Dana's office and said he wants the fight for January.

Umar Nurmagomedov reveals arm fracture kept him out of January fight, open to any opponent

Top UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov expects to recover from injury and compete soon.

www.mmafighting.com

If it happened in November and apparently healed .. why is mans speaking on it now in lead up to the fight in January...

Seems like information that would be useless unless trying to have a narrative as to why u couldn't fight or like i said if things dont go his way...all the sudden..."Brother plz.. my arm never healed brotha..i took fight because i want to be champion but really my arm broken since first minute of the fight brotha..plz Dana give me notha chance"

 

[nostradumbass]

If it happened in November and apparently healed .. why is mans speaking on it now in lead up to the fight in January...

Seems like information that would be useless unless trying to have a narrative as to why u couldn't fight or like i said if things dont go his way...all the sudden..."Brother plz.. my arm never healed brotha..i took fight because i want to be champion but really my arm broken since first minute of the fight brotha..plz Dana give me notha chance"

Because the interviewer asked him about it? Was that a real question?

 

[Cartiac]

Nice fanfiction but that's not what he said, lmao. He wanted to take 6 months off, UFC said get ready for Jan and Merab had to accept.
I don't understand why you can't get it. You can like Merab but its bizarre to deny that this dude did not want the Umar fight and was pushed by the UFC to accept it and he did and he is not happy about it, just like a lot of fighters do.

Yea, Merab obviously did sign the contract to accept this fight, but I have never seen someone so completely terrified. It looked like the dude was saying whatever he had to to hopefully not get water boarded any longer.

 

[Paladin]

“They Did X-Ray and They Said You Broke” – Umar Nurmagomedov Reveals Injury Scare Just Before UFC 311

Umar Nurmagomedov is set to take on Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 but pointed out how he suffered an injury in the camp.

www.essentiallysports.com

“After I was in Dagestan, I punch my arm. I go to show the doctor, you know, and I show them. They [do] like not [an] MRI [but] [what do you call it] when they check bone? They did X-ray and they said, “You broke [your arm]”. You know after that, after 20 days I go again even when I was broken, I was running. I want to still be in shape, you know. Even that time I try run, try to try to do shadow boxing, you know try to be in shape. And after 20 days I go again, and it’s become much better”

“They Did X-Ray and They Said You Broke” – Umar Nurmagomedov Reveals Injury Scare Just Before UFC 311

Umar Nurmagomedov is set to take on Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 but pointed out how he suffered an injury in the camp.

www.essentiallysports.com

Interestingly, the UFC removed the interview of in which he mentioned this.

Excuses already getting lined up

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Made happen? This is no different from Twood who wanted to fight Nick Diaz. UFC made him fight Wonderboy.
UFC made the fight happen. And unless you are Jones or Conor, you can't say no.

yeah, and then he beat Wonderboy's ass twice. so that's kind of a weird analogy lol