[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag] obtained his hand raised on Saturday, which was the primary precedence, however he is not too thrilled about how he obtained it completed.

The undefeated bantamweight contender is disenchanted he wasn’t capable of be dominant within the grappling division towards Cory Sandhagen, who he defeated by unanimous choice in the primary occasion of Saturday’s UFC on ABC 7 at Etihad Enviornment in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Nurmagomeov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) had his second on the bottom, however Sandhagen (17-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) proved to be a tricky problem and defended lots of his takedown makes an attempt and floor assaults.

“I am not glad,” Nurmagomedov instructed reporters on the UFC on ABC 7 post-fight interview. “It was a superb efficiency on the putting, but when we’re speaking about grappling and the way I management him, it was not good.

“I believed I might maul him on the bottom, however he is robust, he is good. Cody is just too good and has laborious kicks, and he is a tricky man. I believe he has extra expertise than me within the UFC cage, however I win, and I am glad at present I win.”

After defeating Sandhagen, Nurmagomedov obtained on the microphone and referred to as for the following title shot towards the winner of Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili on Sept. 14 at Noche UFC. Nurmagomedov plans to be current at Sphere in Las Vegas for the struggle and does not care who wins.

“Sure, I am planning to go to the struggle, however I do not wish to identify one man or the opposite as a result of I do not need the opposite man to assume that I am attempting to keep away from combating him,” Nurmagomedov defined. “So sure, after all, I might be glad to struggle each of them, however the objective is to struggle the winner.”

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