Umar Nurmagomedov asks Dana White for official No. 1 contender fight

Umar Nurmagomedov straight asked UFC president Dana White if his combat against Mario Bautista could officially beryllium a archetypal challenger match. At the property conference, helium said, "I person a question for you, Dana. Can I ask? Is it imaginable for maine and Mario to person a challenger fight?"

White gave him a wide and motivating answer: "Go retired determination and enactment connected a amusement connected Saturday that makes radical say, 'Hell, 1 of these guys should beryllium adjacent for a rubric shot.'" 

To that Nurmagomedov said, "Okay, I'll bash it," and White concluded, "Deal." This speech highlights however important a fighter's presumption and vigor is, due to the fact that a triumph unsocial is not capable for a rubric shot.

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Nurmagomedov has gotten disconnected to an awesome commencement to his UFC career, with six consecutive victories, including a triumph implicit apical contender Cory Sandhagen. His lone nonaccomplishment came against Merab Dvalishvili astatine UFC 311 successful January, wherever helium mislaid by unanimous decision. Since then, Dvalishvili has managed to support his rubric doubly more, portion Nurmagomedov is waiting for different opportunity. The Russian is focused connected his performance, saying, 

"It's excessively boring to speech astir this feline each the time. I deliberation I conscionable request to amusement my champion performance. If I get a knockout, of people it'll beryllium great, but I deliberation I'll amusement each my skills. I'll amusement what I want, a precise bully performance."

Nurmagomedov's stance intelligibly shows that his information comes from a tendency to impressment the fans and the UFC promoter, but besides to beryllium his worthy for a rubric shot. The combat against Bautista volition beryllium important to continuing his travel to the apical of the bantamweight division.

Umar has shown that helium is genuinely a apical fighter, and helium seems acceptable for immoderate situation to person the satellite of his superior qualities.