“Umar has dropped eight fights, and who knows why,” MMAnews quoted the American specialist as saying. “Training camps are difficult, especially when preparing for five-round fights, so, signing up to fight someone who could withdraw at any time is pretty risky.”
“We need to put a clause in the contract that he will pay us liquidated damages if he withdraws from the fight. Five-round camps are very difficult and we’d like to make sure he shows up because he’s pulled out of fights so many times it’s alarming”
“Umar is a beast. Obviously this fight is definitely going to happen if he gets a couple more wins.”
Recall that Umar Nurmagomedov will have his next fight on March 2 against organization newcomer Bekzat Almakhan, and a week later Sean O’Malley will come out to defend his championship belt against Marlon Vera at UFC 299 in Miami.