News Umar Nurmagomedov Suffers Arm Fracture, Out Of Potential Jan. 2025 Matchup

Merab is going to beg UFC for any fight as soon as Umar is injured. I bet Merab would've fought again in 2024 if it wasn't Umar at #1 contender. Just ridiculous to have a champ duck a contender.
 
Umar getting hate for simply wanting to get a fight in despite being told he’s next for a title shot is a good example of how dumb so many sherdoggers are.
 
It’s absolutely bonkers how folks think a certain group of fighters should just get to refuse fights for 3 months or so every single year and blame everyone else.
 
xhaydenx said:
The videos are just dumb banter. That doesn't mean he's seriously trying to duck Umar lol.

Umar can't fight in Jan. Umar said on twitter that they won't put them in Australia in Feb (not sure why he thinks this, but whatever). Umar can't fight in March because of absolutely no reason relevant to fighting.

Does this guy actually want to fight Merab or not? Maybe he should just skip the ramadan and fight him during that if he's actually serious.

Like, for Umar it all has to be at a certain time and not in certain places, or Merab is the duck? How does that work lol.

The way Umar tries to dictate things, you'd think he's the champ already and not just someone with just 1 top 15 win.
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Huh? Yes, Merab doesn't want it at any time or any place. Umar didn't say he didn't want Australia, he said the UFC probably wouldn't put them there and offered the January card and Merab already didn't want that, so Umar was going to take another opponent instead of waiting for Merab to quit ducking. The hand injury didn't take him out of a fight with Merab, he was going to fight down in the rankings on that card because Merab ducked.

And of course, as everyone predicted, Merab will suddenly be ready to fight again as soon as Ramadan starts, and your excuse is that Umar and his whole team should just convert religions because the guy with 2 fights in 21 months can only fight during ramadan.
 
Kevster said:
It’s absolutely bonkers how folks think a certain group of fighters should just get to refuse fights for 3 months or so every single year and blame everyone else.
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What a dumb thing to post considering Umar was trying to get a fight in early next year before Ramadan so that it would be a non factor. He’s even willing to fight another contender despite being told he’s next for a TS simply because he wants to fight.
 
nostradumbass said:
Huh? Yes, Merab doesn't want it at any time or any place. Umar didn't say he didn't want Australia, he said the UFC probably wouldn't put them there and offered the January card and Merab already didn't want that, so Umar was going to take another opponent instead of waiting for Merab to quit ducking. The hand injury didn't take him out of a fight with Merab, he was going to fight down in the rankings on that card because Merab ducked.

And of course, as everyone predicted, Merab will suddenly be ready to fight again as soon as Ramadan starts, and your excuse is that Umar and his whole team should just convert religions because the guy with 2 fights in 21 months can only fight during ramadan.
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Merab doesn't have to want it at any time or place. It's Umar that goes on like that, but then has all sorts of excuses.

My point is Umar is going on about Merab not wanting to fight him, but then he's got all these reasons why the fight can't happen until like April anyway.

And it doesn't matter if Merab is ready to fight around when Ramadan starts. If that's when it works out for him and the UFC then so what? Other fighters and the UFC shouldn't have to work out around Ramadan, which has absolutely nothing to do with fighting.

I didn't say Umar should convert religions lol. He should either give Ramadan a miss this year or just be quiet a bit and wait for his shot.
 
xhaydenx said:
Merab doesn't have to want it at any time or place. It's Umar that goes on like that, but then has all sorts of excuses.

My point is Umar is going on about Merab not wanting to fight him, but then he's got all these reasons why the fight can't happen until like April anyway.

And it doesn't matter if Merab is ready to fight around when Ramadan starts. If that's when it works out for him and the UFC then so what? Other fighters and the UFC shouldn't have to work out around Ramadan, which has absolutely nothing to do with fighting.

I didn't say Umar should convert religions lol. He should either give Ramadan a miss this year or just be quiet a bit and wait for his shot.
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Yes, that is what we call a duck. Everybody knew when Umar beat Sandhagen 4 months ago the exact card Merab would try to fight on, and everyone knows the exact reason why. Every champ with a Dagestani top contender is bashful all year, and then suddenly find some balls and demand a fight on the 1 card every year when they know the Dagestanis are fasting.
 
nostradumbass said:
Yes, that is what we call a duck. Everybody knew when Umar beat Sandhagen 4 months ago the exact card Merab would try to fight on, and everyone knows the exact reason why. Every champ with a Dagestani top contender is bashful all year, and then suddenly find some balls and demand a fight on the 1 card every year when they know the Dagestanis are fasting.
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Bro, Jan and Feb is right after the new year. Half the UFC crew is on holidays themselves at that time. The UFC always take some time off and then ease back into it each year. It makes sense that the UFC and fighters aren't trying for big fights right out of the gate.

And again, the solution is simple for Umar and the Dagestanis: don't fast lol. No one is forcing them to do this, and it has nothing to do with fighting. If they don't want to fight during that time then that's on them. Champs and the UFC don't need to accommodate them over some religious thing. The dagis can go and do that stuff on their own time and miss out if they want.

And who are these champs with Dagi/muslim contenders that get bashful exactly? Pantoja, Topuria, DDP, Alex, and Jon/Aspinall are the other non-fasting champs. None of those guys give a fuck.
 
xhaydenx said:
Bro, Jan and Feb is right after the new year. Half the UFC crew is on holidays themselves at that time. The UFC always take some time off and then ease back into it each year. It makes sense that the UFC and fighters aren't trying for big fights right out of the gate.

And again, the solution is simple for Umar and the Dagestanis: don't fast lol. No one is forcing them to do this, and it has nothing to do with fighting. If they don't want to fight during that time then that's on them. Champs and the UFC don't need to accommodate them over some religious thing. The dagis can go and do that stuff on their own time and miss out if they want.

And who are these champs with Dagi/muslim contenders that get bashful exactly? Pantoja, Topuria, DDP, Alex, and Jon/Aspinall are the other non-fasting champs. None of those guys give a fuck.
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These excuses to duck keep getting flimsier. Lol, so "the UFC crew" need several months after their "holiday" to "ease back into the year", but when it's the 1500 year old month of fasting that everyone knows about well in advance, Umar just needs to convert to Christianity and eat some bacon so he can take a cage fight on the exact card that Merab hasn't even agreed to either. Only problem with that is there are 7 cards and 2 PPVs after the new year before UFC 313, so the "taking time off and easing back into it" doesn't make any sense.

I get it, Umar is heavily favored for good reason, and Merab knows that losing would probably send him down to prelims with his buddy Aljo to put on more snoozers. He's right to be scared and look for any excuse to get out of it, but kind of silly to pretend that's not exactly what he's doing.
 
xhaydenx said:
So Umar can't fight in Jan, and can't fight in Feb or March because of something he chooses to do that has nothing to do with fighting.

But yes, Merab is the duck lol.
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Yes the MMA world and the title picture should cow tow to Ramadan.

Glad Merab might actually get to see a title
defense before he fights Umar and likely loses.
 
nostradumbass said:
These excuses to duck keep getting flimsier. Lol, so "the UFC crew" need several months after their "holiday" to "ease back into the year", but when it's the 1500 year old month of fasting that everyone knows about well in advance, Umar just needs to convert to Christianity and eat some bacon so he can take a cage fight on the exact card that Merab hasn't even agreed to either. Only problem with that is there are 7 cards and 2 PPVs after the new year before UFC 313, so the "taking time off and easing back into it" doesn't make any sense.

I get it, Umar is heavily favored for good reason, and Merab knows that losing would probably send him down to prelims with his buddy Aljo to put on more snoozers. He's right to be scared and look for any excuse to get out of it, but kind of silly to pretend that's not exactly what he's doing.
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Ramadan could be 1500 years old or 15 million years old. Makes no difference. It still has nothing to do with fighting and the UFC.

No one ever said Umar should convert to Christianity and eat bacon or whatever Christians eat lol. He just needs to either give Ramadan a miss this year or wait it out patiently. It's that simple. The belt will still be there after Ramadan.

And there's 6 cards between new years and Ramadan, not 7, but one of the PPVs is in Australia. Umar is right in that they're not giving us Aussie's Umar/Merab. Lots of the other cards are Apex cards. Umar/Merab ain't going on those either.

There's only really one PPV they could go on and that's 311, but that's in Jan when Umar also can't fight.

There's the Saudi Arabia card, but that's Feb 2nd. Umar might not be ready for that either.

So, he's pretty much stuck with either fighting on one of the two Apex cards in Feb, or Australia. None of those options are going to happen lol.

And it's not just Umar and Merab whining about when they get to fight. The UFC has their own plans too lol. Wouldn't be surprised at all if they're wanting to keep this fight until they have a big middle eastern card lined up. If the UFC wanted it, they'd be strong-arming Merab already. They haven't really done that yet.

And yeh, the UFC do ease back in. They take a big break for the end of the year, do a few cards, take another break, and then get back into it. They're scheduled to do that again this year with 2 weeks off after 311.
 
GUess thats why that Song fight in Dec/Jan didnt happen and it shouldnt, just give Umar the title fight. But the problem is clearly its not gonna be Jan, its not gonna be in Aus and Umar cant fight in March when Merab will want it.

Either they wait till April or UFC and Merab go with O Malley or Yan next and Umar will have to fight again and wait for a summer/early fall title fight.
 
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