Javier Mendez Disagrees with Notion that Umar Nurmagomedov Doesn’t Deserve UFC 311 Title Bout
Chatting with Danny Segura on Hablemos MMA, courtesy of MMAJunkie, American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez reacted to Merab Dvalishvili’s feedback.
“That is what I say: When he fought Cory Sandhagen, UFC stated that whoever wins that struggle would struggle for the title – whether or not it was going to be Sean O’Malley or Merab,” Mendez informed Hablemos MMA in Spanish. “That’s what the UFC informed Umar and Sandhagen. So why now that the struggle is over, and Umar received, why is it that what UFC had stated ought to now not be true? UFC desires this struggle. That’s why they introduced Umar to the Sphere, proper?
“When (Dvalishvili) received, and so they interviewed him, and so they stated that is your subsequent problem, Merab stated, ‘Oh, Dana wants to speak to me. He must get to know me as an individual, after which we’ll speak about it.’ Why? The UFC needed this struggle. Umar didn’t say, ‘Hey, I have to struggle for the title if I beat Sandhagen.’ No, they have been those that stated the winner would go for the title subsequent, in order that’s all we’re doing. Umar informed me, ‘Look, coach. In the event that they don’t give me the title, I simply need to struggle earlier than Ramadan.’ That’s all. He simply needed to struggle.”
Mendez shall be busy at UFC 311, as one other one in all his fighters will even be in motion. Islam Makhachev will get high billing as he defends his UFC Light-weight Championship towards Arman Tsarukyan. You’ll want to keep on with BJPenn.com, as we’ll be offering stay updates all through struggle night time.
