{"id":464210,"date":"2026-02-09T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464210\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:30:48","slug":"umar-nurmagomedov-doesnt-expect-to-fight-sean-omalley-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464210\/","title":{"rendered":"Umar Nurmagomedov doesn’t expect to fight Sean O’Malley next"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov isn\u2019t convinced that he\u2019ll be facing Sean O\u2019Malley in his next outing.<\/p>\n

Outside of his defeat to Merab Dvalishvili, Umar Nurmagomedov has been one of the most consistently strong performers in the bantamweight division in the last few years. He\u2019s beaten a string of top names, with his most recent triumph<\/a> coming against Deiveson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Umar Nurmagomedov called out for being \u2018afraid\u2019 of streaking UFC bantamweight: \u2018He\u2019s running away\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

In terms of the future, however, it\u2019s not quite clear as to what\u2019s going to happen for Nurmagomedov. He\u2019s clearly good enough to contend for the championship, but it feels like the promotion prefers the idea of Petr Yan defending his belt against Sean O\u2019Malley, even though many fans and pundits believe Umar and Sean should be the ones facing off.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Nurmagomedov gave his thoughts on his current sitution.<\/p>\n

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Nurmagomedov discusses his future<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready to fight anywhere with anyone, anytime,\u201d Nurmagomedov told Gorilla Fighting in a translated interview. \u201cIf there is a rematch between Yan and Merab, I would like to fight against O\u2019Malley, the contender (bout). I find it hard to believe that Sean will agree to this fight and that the UFC will make it happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be an event in Abu Dhabi in the summer. I could fight a five-round bout, headline the event. The situation in the UFC is as follows: If Petr wins the rematch, his next fight will be against O\u2019Malley, then I\u2019ll be next. But if Merab wins the rematch, I\u2019ll be next. Sean fought him twice. In the last fight, Merab choked him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n

Is this the fight to make? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov isn\u2019t convinced that he\u2019ll be facing Sean O\u2019Malley in his next outing. Outside of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-464210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}