{"id":139913,"date":"2025-09-13T01:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139913\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:31:07","slug":"ufc-contender-would-love-mandel-nallo-on-ufc-vancouver-hes-really-mastered-a-lot-of-the-elements-of-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139913\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC contender “would love” Mandel Nallo on UFC Vancouver: “He’s really mastered a lot of the elements of fighting”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mandel Nallo has finally punched his ticket to the UFC, and a long-time teammate of his is excited to see the former Bellator MMA veteran<\/a> finally able to ply his trade under those bright octagon lights. \u2018Rat Garbage\u2019 secured a TKO win over Samuel Silva in the opening round of his Dana White\u2019s Contender Series contest on September 2nd, which secured him a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n

Mandel Nallo gets it done in 1\ufe0f\u20e3 #DWCS<\/a>
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Now that Mandel Nallo is finally in the UFC, a Tristar compatriot of his wants to see Nallo make his main stage UFC debut on the very same card he himself will next be competing on. That fighter in question is Aiemann Zahabi, who will take on Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera in a clash of ranked bantamweight contenders that transpires on October 18th at UFC Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zahabi appeared on MMA Canada to touch on multiple topics, and when articulating his desire to see fellow Canadian combatant Nallo featured on that looming UFC Vancouver card, Zahabi said,<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, I would love it, and we were talking about it all summer, you know. Win this fight on Contender Series, maybe they\u2019ll put you in [UFC] Vancouver. So it was already in the back of our minds, and he\u2019s going to be ready for it. He even asked for [UFC] Paris<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mandel Nallo has mastered many elements of fighting and just wants opportunities, per Zahabi<\/p>\n

As he kept expounding upon his thoughts regarding Nallo entering the UFC landscape now, Zahabi continued,<\/p>\n

\u201cLike he [Mandel Nallo] wants them to know that he\u2019s a finished product and we haven\u2019t been mucking around. You know, he\u2019s 36, but we\u2019re good. We\u2019re; you know, people make fun of my age. I\u2019m going to be 38 in November, man. You know, it\u2019s crazy. But I don\u2019t feel like I look old. I don\u2019t feel like I fight old.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m staying with the times. I feel like I\u2019m still ahead of the young bucks. Mandel is the same in that sense. I don\u2019t feel like he is his age. He\u2019s really mastered a lot of the elements of fighting. It would be good to see him get like a really good name or just be on the card. Like we just want opportunities, you know? We just need the opportunities to show you guys how good we are.\u201d<\/p>\n