Former UFC lightweight champion, now owner of the EFC League, Khabib Nurmagomedov has included current Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov in the top three fighters from Russia, regardless of weight categories.
“Is it possible to include Vadim Nemkov in the top 3 best fighters from Russia, regardless of weight categories? I think that yes, it was possible to include Nemkov, well [и] Petr Yan, Islam [Махачева]», — Nurmagomedov answered “SE” at a press conference that took place on December 13 in Moscow.
“We still have [Магомед] Ankalaev and Zabit [Магомешарипов], who has an incomprehensible situation, and he also did not lose (in the UFC. – Note. “SE”). There are many fighters, but now you can’t name them all at once. But him [Немкова] can be called because he won the belt, defended, performs well, and for amateurs a good career. I think its easy to be [включить в топ-3]”.
Nurmagomedov also said that the reigning Bellator welterweight champion Ukrainian Yaroslav Amosov would have achieved great heights in the UFC.
“As for Yaroslav Amosov… In general, it is wrong to say what would have happened and what could have happened. Let’s say what he did. Well he won [Дугласа] Lima, Neyman Gracie… I’m with him [Амосовым] I know him, I’m good friends with him. He won the guy was – Ed Ruth. He won good and strong guys. I think he would have gone far in the UFC. He has a contract with Bellator, but if he moved to the UFC, he would show well, because he hits and fights. When a person has only one discipline, then there is a high probability that he will lose. And when a person can both wrestle and hit, and works well on the ground, and there is an amateur career, and there is a lot of experience in professionals, it’s hard to stop such people.
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