{"id":883445,"date":"2026-09-04T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883445\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:16:11","slug":"salahdine-parnasse-open-to-usman-nurmagomedov-fight-after-debut-at-ufc-paris-well-have-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883445\/","title":{"rendered":"Salahdine Parnasse open to Usman Nurmagomedov fight after debut at UFC Paris: &#8216;We\u2019ll have to see&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:<a class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/mike-perry-speaks-out-after-suffering-injury-during-upset-loss-to-brandon-jenkins-health-is-wealth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201d<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salahdine-Parnasse-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"nlz w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Salahdine Parnasse\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Salahdine Parnasse is set to make his UFC debut on Saturday at UFC Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Parnasse takes on Dan Hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/salahdine-parnasse-explains-why-he-decided-to-sign-with-the-ufc-and-headline-ufc-paris-against-dan-hooker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in what should be a fan-friendly fight<\/a> for however long it lasts. Parnasse is someone many thought the UFC should have signed years ago, but he\u2019s finally in the promotion and gets a main event spot in his home country for his debut.<\/p>\n<p>Although UFC Paris is Parnasse\u2019s debut, he enters the bout as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dan-hooker\/dan-hooker-sends-scathing-warning-to-salahdine-parnasse-ahead-of-ufc-paris-last-time-this-kid-headlines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sizable betting favorite<\/a>. Should he get his hand raised over Dan Hooker, he could very well get a top-five guy next, but he\u2019s also open to welcoming Usman Nurmagomedov to the UFC if the former PFL and Bellator lightweight champ signs with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a possibility for sure, we\u2019ll see,\u201d Parnasse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/508370\/salahdine-parnasse-usman-nurmagomedov-fight-a-possibility-for-sure-with-ufc-paris-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u2026 \u201cAs of right now, this moment, I don\u2019t have any names in my mind. So we\u2019ll have to see when I win on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salahdine Parnasse calls Dan Hooker the perfect opponent ahead of UFC Paris<\/p>\n<p>Although Parnasse is open to facing Nurmagomedov, the focus right now is on Hooker. However, Parnasse has full confidence he will make a statement at UFC Paris as he believes Hooker is tailor-made for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Parnasse said. \u201cIt was great news for me and I just wanted to keep moving forward, so it was awesome. I was super excited. I mean, Dan Hooker is a guy that has fought everyone. He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s super experienced. He\u2019s fought [Islam] Makhachev, he\u2019s fought everyone in this division, so I was very excited to face him. \u2026 I think it\u2019s the perfect opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parnasse enters UFC Paris with a record of 23-2 and is coming off a TKO win over Kenneth Cross at the MVP MMA event. He\u2019s the former KSW featherweight and lightweight champion, and one of his losses was when he competed for the KSW welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Saladhine Parnasse will beat Dan Hooker at UFC Paris?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BJPENN.COM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trending:Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201d Salahdine Parnasse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-883445","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\/883445","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=883445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}