News Umar Nurmagomedov vs Mario Bautista set to headline UFC Vancouver on October 16

[Mmmmmmma1234]

question is who gets a TS if Umar and Yan both win? Yan is more deserving winning 3 in a row but hard to excited after that 50-45 domination my Merab.

Hopefully pantoja and they fight each other.

This is great matchmaking tho I don't like him but its hard to deniegh Bautista his number 1 contender fight, but also a great chance for Umar to show he's rebuilt himself.
Funny than Umar and especially Yan have to watch a guy they both dominated get a shot now because he won a fight over a non contender

 

[bng]

vs. Me-rub he had his chance but vs. this guy?
its over for hUmar

 

[Azure]

I was hoping he'd be fighting Suga Sean... But none the less... should be a victory for Umar.

Nah Sean will get favorable matchups until his next title shot

 

[fortheo]

Umar likely wins a 3 rounder. If it's a 5 rounder, there might be money to be made on Bautista

 

[HuskySamoan]

Kind of doubt they put Mario in a FN main event or a PPV co-main. It's probably 3 rounds.

This is totally FN main event worthy. I assumed that would be the case.

 

[Aurelian]

This is totally FN main event worthy. I assumed that would be the case.

It's definitely FN main event worthy, but not exactly a fight to sell tickets with or put Bautista in this type of spot with the potential of a boring ass fight. Name and ranking wise it's 100% FN main event worthy though.

 

[xhaydenx]

Cool fight. Glad Mario is getting his chance.

And you all need to stop hating on him for that one damn fight against Aldo. Not his fault the Bum of Rio couldn't figure out how to get off the cage after 15+ years or whatever of fighting MMA.

And other than that one stinker, Mario's fights are usually pretty good,and he gets after it.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Hope Umar knocks Mario Bautista out lol

 

[HuskySamoan]

Hope Umar knocks Mario Bautista out lol

He still needs another win before deserving a rematch with Merab.

 

[Rhood]

If Bautista beats Umar, then he undoubtably deserves a title shot.
He's the most hated man on Sherdog with the most strangely ironic legacy.
He probably has the best gameplan to beat Merab and become the next champion.

 

[JoeRowe]

Been calling for this since Bautista beat Mix. Abu-Dhabi makes sense as a juicy maincard fight for the inshallah crowd.

 

[alchemy]

Yeah here Mario will be forced to actually fight. Hugging won't work against Nurmagomedov. I don't believe Mario has any tools to cause Umar problems. Umar will cruise to a comfortable decision or a late TKO win in this one.

 

[fortheo]

Cool fight. Glad Mario is getting his chance.

And you all need to stop hating on him for that one damn fight against Aldo. Not his fault the Bum of Rio couldn't figure out how to get off the cage after 15+ years or whatever of fighting MMA.

And other than that one stinker, Mario's fights are usually pretty good,and he gets after it.

Mario is a solid fighter, and more often than not he has decent-good fights. The disrespect he gets from one boring performance is insane. I'm not counting him out against Umar.

 

[SamuraiBro]

What excuses will Javier Mendez make this time after Umar loses?

 

[biscuitsbrah]

This is a sick fucking fight. Mario looked super impressive against Patchy. Even though Patchy looked like a can Mario was playing with him, fighting out of both stances with nice combos. I expect Umar to win but I don’t know if it will be easy

 

[nostradumbass]

Was hoping for more of a Yadong Song or Yan level guy. Going from 50-45ing #2 to 60 seconds away from being champ then down to #8 is a big step down, but at least it's a top 10.

 

[gentel]

Bautista by robbery decision

 

[StoicBeau]

Yup. I'm gonna enjoy watching this fight. Fuck Bautista.

Still crying over this?

 

[Safton]

Cool fight. Glad Mario is getting his chance.

And you all need to stop hating on him for that one damn fight against Aldo. Not his fault the Bum of Rio couldn't figure out how to get off the cage after 15+ years or whatever of fighting MMA.

And other than that one stinker, Mario's fights are usually pretty good,and he gets after it.

Yeah, I don't get it. People need to get over that shit. If you ask me about "controversial fight results from Mario's career" I'm more upset about him getting favored by the judges over Blackshear than I am about him showing that -- nope, -- Aldo still can't use that vaunted TDD of his to get off the cage if someone wants to keep him there lol.

 

[Nugo]

Ufc is making another easy matchup for Umar so that after win handle him one more championship match.