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Nurmagomedov hard scored a recumbent opponent. And made me end my career
Usman Nurmagomedov / Photo: © Bellator MMA
At the beginning of his journey, Usman did not leave anyone a chance. The Brazilian is very unlucky!
On November 19, all fans of mixed martial arts will face a loud confrontation. Khabib’s cousin Usman Nurmagomedov will take on the veteran Patricio Freire, better known as Pitbull, for the Bellator lightweight title.
Usman, 24, faces the biggest and toughest challenge of his career against the Brazilian. And the Dagestan fighter can be inspired by his last victory over the representative of Brazil.
In 2019 Usman destroyed Gabriel Baino. After such a knockout, Nurmagomedov’s rival decided to end his career …
Knocked down and destroyed
Usman Nurmagomedov began his professional career as an MMA fighter in 2017. And unlike most of the wards of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib, Usman’s base is percussion equipment – he has been engaged in Muay Thai since childhood.
In the first four fights in the professional field, Usman left no chance for his opponents – four early victories. The next opponent of Nurmagomedov was the experienced Brazilian Gabriel Baino, who began his professional career nine years earlier than Usman. Before the fight with the Russian, Gabriel had a pretty good record (6 wins and 2 losses) and was hardly considered by the Nurmagomedov team as a whipping boy.
And at the start of the fight at the GFC 11 tournament with Usman Baino he proved it. For the first minute, the fighters did not force events, throwing sighting blows. However, it was the Brazilian who created the first dangerous moment, failing Nurmagomedov on a front kick and almost catching him with a counter blow. The Dagestan fighter responded with single shots on all floors, but Gabriel snapped quite successfully.
It seemed that the whole fight would go in this spirit, but Usman sharply upped the pace and had a very successful series with the help of knees and straight lines from the hands. Baino withstood the onslaught, but was clearly shocked and after a few seconds went into the clinch, which the Russian used to the maximum. Usman knocked the opponent down and immediately scored with his hands in the ground and pound. Gabriel writhed in pain and covered his face with his hand, after which the referee stopped the fight.
Usman got another confident victory, and Baino, which is especially interesting, ended his professional career after this fight – at the age of 33. At least, on all statistical portals, there are no fights in the Brazilian’s track record after the defeat from Nurmagomedov. After the upcoming fight between Usman and the 36-year-old Pitbull, this story can certainly repeat itself!
Source: Sportbox
Former world heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg), American Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) shared his expectations for the upcoming fight against WBC, WBA and IBF titleholder Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs).
“You know my next opponent. Usyk challenged me to a fight. He said he wanted to meet me in the ring. I accepted the challenge. “I push horses” and “I feel it, I feel it hard.”
What’s my plan? Be smart, be faster, use my agility, be tough, get in the ring and knock him out. I am known for my strength, I need to show it. “I’ve been through a tough journey in my life, but I’m back and ready to beat Usyk,” Wilder said.
The American had 49 fights in the professional ring and won 44 victories (43 of them ahead of schedule). In June, Wilder knocked out his compatriot Tyrell Herndon, ending his two defeats in 2023 and 2024.
Usyk last appeared in the ring in July, when he stopped Briton Daniel Dubois. The Ukrainian became the absolute world champion but lost a title by refusing to defend his WBO belt in October.
Source: Sport UA
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Absolute world champion in the second lightweight category Naoya Inoue After beating David, Picasso commented on his place in the pound-for-pound rankings.
Inoue said, “Yes Usyk came to watch my fight. But I should have done much better in the fight. So I won’t say anything about the P4P rankings, I will do much better next time.”
On Saturday, December 27, a large-scale Ring V boxing night was held at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). The main event of the show was the fight for the title of absolute world champion, where Japanese star Naoya Inoue and Mexican rival Alan David Picasso fought. The Japanese boxer managed to win a convincing victory – the fight went through all 12 rounds.
Source: Sport UA
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Japanese boxer after fight in Riyadh Naoya Inoue He shared his impressions of his victory over Mexican David Picasso (119–109, 120–108, 117–111):
“Honestly, I’m tired. The point wasn’t that I had four fights a year, it was that I had to prepare very hard for each of those four fights. When you’re in this process, you tolerate it because you only think about the fight, but now that it’s over, I see that I definitely gave it everything I had.”
“I don’t want to disrespect Picasso, but I wanted to show the difference between us a little more clearly and knock him out. I couldn’t meet the expectations and I couldn’t box the way I wanted. Nothing has been decided yet, but I would be happy to organize a fight that will excite the whole of Japan.”
Japanese Junto Nakatani He talked about his victory over Sebastian Hernandez (118-110, 115-113, 115-113):
“This fight was an experience for me. I moved up to this weight class to win a championship, so if I get that chance, I want to take it.”
Source: Sport UA
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