Umar Nurmagomedov suffered a damaged hand early into his UFC title tilt with Merab Davalishvili.
In a current put up on X, Nurmagomedov’s supervisor Ali Abdelaziz revealed that the beforehand undefeated bantamweight contender sustained a relatively nasty harm within the opening spherical of Saturday’s co-main occasion with ‘The Machine’ in Los Angeles.
Instantly following the combat, Nurmagomedov alluded to the likelihood that he might have damaged his hand in the course of the conflict, however Abdelaziz later confirmed the harm on social media.
“[Umar] broke his palms first spherical no excuse no excuse Alhamdulillah for all the things,” Abdelaziz posted alongside and picture of Nurmagomedov’s swollen hand.
Regardless of the harm, Nurmagomedov gained the primary two rounds on two of the three judges’ scorecards, however it all started to slide away within the championship rounds after Dvalishvili’s speedy tempo overtook the combat and secured his first profitable protection of the 135-pound crown.
Umar Nurmagomedov wasn’t the one undefeated fighter to lose their ‘o’ at UFC 311
It wasn’t a terrific night time for fighters seeking to maintain their undefeated data intact.
Along with Umar Nurmagomedov struggling his first loss after beginning his profession 18-0, Clayton Carpenter, Rinya Nakamura, and Payton Talbott all surrendered their unbeaten data.
It was a very laborious capsule to swallow for Talbott who was an enormous -1200 favourite to return out on prime in opposition to Raoni Barcelos within the night’s featured preliminary bout.
The loss dropped Talbott to 9-1. Nakamura was additionally handed his first loss in opposition to Muin Gafurov after profitable 9 in a row whereas Carpenter fell to 8-1 general following his unanimous determination defeat by the hands of Tagir Ulanbekov.
