ACA Bantamweight Grand Prix Champion Mehdi Baidulaev told when Umar Nurmagomedov will be able to hold his next fight.
"Umar lost in the title fight. At the training camp in Kislovodsk, we had competitions between ourselves. Zubaira Tukhugov promised a ton of gasoline to the first one to run six laps of the stadium. Umar doesn’t need this gasoline. But Nurmagomedov lost to Makkasharip Zainukov in the race.
Umar hasn’t eaten normally for several days, it was hard for him to endure it. I am 100% sure that Umar will return home and start training. He will return to the cage very soon. I think that his next fight will be against Sean O’Malley," Baidulaev told MMA.Metaratings.ru.
Umar sucks at attacking from the outside. He needs to develop a kick to the thigh with his lead right leg. It was there the whole night on Saturday. He could wrestle fuck omally to win but lose a standup war on points
I think that’s a good fight. Umar showed all the things a young fighter who has championship qualities should show. The skills, the heart, the drive is there. He needed this kind of fight to level up and I honestly expect him to do just that.