Usman Nurmagomedov's next opponents?

[tehMoose]

His best options are:

Paul Hughes 13-2 / rematch
AJ McKee 22-2
Mansour Barnaoui 22-6
Archie Colgan 11-0
Jay Jay Wilson 10-1
Jakub Kaszuba 14-0
Zhora Ayvazyan 15-1


Am I missing someone? He's obviously not fighting Gadzhi.

 

[David Street]

Still waiting on where Aaron Pico will end up, or a Brent Primus re-match. He can always do another Irish guy in Darragh Kelly to keep the Irish vs Dagastan train rolling.

 

[Koala]

Paul Hughes rematch or sign an elite LW like Vartanyan
Ali Abdelaziz will not let Pico fight Usman and he will not let Usman fight Musaev

 

[Thesnake101]

Still waiting on where Aaron Pico will end up, or a Brent Primus re-match. He can always do another Irish guy in Darragh Kelly to keep the Irish vs Dagastan train rolling.

Should end up in the UFC though it may take time if PFL is doing the same matching period shenanigans they're doing with Pitbull. Dana said some of his guys are very keen on getting Aaron.

 

[Joinho10]

AJ McKee matchup would be so freaking good but he's unfortunately coming off a L. Maybe Mads Burnell against Usman and have Paul hughes vs Baranaoui in Dublin and have the winners fight each other?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Hughes rematch makes the most sense.

Let AJ get a win over someone and then he can be next.

 

[CC27]

Has to be Hughes, just a question of when. Usman said he wants time off so maybe Hughes just says fuck it I'll go win the tournament and you cant deny me. But if PFL can get it done you just do the rematch early summer and screw everything else.

If usman absolutely wont fight Hughes next I guess Mansour would be it unless Aj can get a win real quick. Mansours two win streak isnt over any top guy but its a win streak and a fresh fight I guess.

Archie should get a shot in the tournament atleast.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Has to be Hughes, just a question of when. Usman said he wants time off so maybe Hughes just says fuck it I'll go win the tournament and you cant deny me. But if PFL can get it done you just do the rematch early summer and screw everything else.

If usman absolutely wont fight Hughes next I guess Mansour would be it unless Aj can get a win real quick. Mansours two win streak isnt over any top guy but its a win streak and a fresh fight I guess.

Archie should get a shot in the tournament atleast.

I guess with Mansour they can also play up the angle that he had a competitive fight with Islam back in the day.

 

[CC27]

I guess with Mansour they can also play up the angle that he had a competitive fight with Islam back in the day.

dont think that shit hits anymore, a decade plus old fight. Maybe if he didnt lose to Primus and back to back fights and was on a huge win streak you could use that as a talking point but probably doesnt hold much weight now.

 

[TheBrownRanger]

Mads Burnell is coming off two wins and a tournament alternate win.

But who are we kidding? They're gonna do the Hughes rematch, which I don't really care for but whatever.

 

[Ara tech]

He only extended his PFL contract to two years, and he said that he doesn't want a rematch against Huges. Jora is tough, Jakub is tough, and they should probably next. Archie Colgan needs a bit more experience for championships rounds but he is an interesting fighter due to his wrestling background, Jay Jay Wilson was inactive a bit.

Glory to Usman still undefeated ! He is the champion of the people ! God Bless Usman !