Umar Nurmagomedov reviews Sean O’Malley’s UFC 299 win + wants Cory Sandhagen this summer | ESPN MMA
ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto speaks with Umar Nurmagomedov about Sean O’Malley’s win vs. Marlon Vera to defend his bantamweight title at UFC 299. Umar also discusses O’Malley’s wrestling and why he’d expect Ilia Topuria to beat “Suga” if the two fought. Umar also discusses his interest in fighting Cory Sandhagen this summer.
0:00 Intro
1:25 Thoughts on UFC 299
4:52 How good is Sean’s wrestling?
8:34 Surprised Sean beat Aljo?
9:38 Sean’s comments on him
11:19 Thoughts on O’Malley vs. Topuria
12:27 Is Sandhagen next?
16:11 Will you ever have a rival like Khabib did?
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This is how you keep improving your English Umar. Your a couple fights away from being a superstar and having your belt. Gods Speed Champ
He'll never have a belt till Merab is there
@@TimKartveli umar doesnt need to use his ground game to beat pillow hands merab
Because in islam it's sunnah to shave
@@alihatem8794 If you think Umar have stone hands u are going to be disappointed
@@vatichildfirst guy to KO Barcelos
The thumbnail is 🥺🇵🇸 my respect for Espn and Umar📈
Be quiet. I don’t like Israel but stop talking about it on sports videos
@@robbiejohnston2023ppl wonder how genocides keep happening well one way is ppl don’t wanna be disturbed from their entertainment.
What is a thumbnail ?
The pic that is shown on the video before u click it bro.
@mirza
Umar is so likeable his english is improving a humble guy who's also a killer inside the cag
Cag
Future Champ. Rooting for you Umar
Not gonna happen when Merab is there
@@Jackrabfanyoeven you don't believe that
@@TimKartveli😂
Merab gets chinned by nobodies all the time and he is no Chito when it comes to taking big shots....Sean takes him out in 2@@TimKartveli
Tell me you don't watch Merab fights without telling me that you do 🤣...the only way i can take you serious is if i know you have not watched Merab fights previously....You seem more like an O'Malley hater than a Merab fan.@@TimKartveli
Umar is so calm and nice future champ.
always happy to see more content on Umar. Superstar in the making.
Future champion
Brett really needs to slow down his speech and speak more clearly when interviewing these fighters that are in the midst of learning English.
exactly how are they supposed to understand him
Brett sucks, can’t stand him
100% it's called being a real human being amigo ❤ good call
Like DC did when speak with English beginners.
He is the kind of guy that have never trained so he wants to look smart and an expert in the subject
Umar, Cory, Merab, Petr… even that striker that Umar just fought… the division is crazy
Believe me mate that striker that umar fought is very well rounded he was using his wrestling alot to beat his opponents for umar to did what he did is very imprissive
Awesome fighter human being Umar and yes the division is loca! Regards from Spain
Umar is future champion
No he’s not Mario Bautista smokes him
@@SongYaBongfuture champion
He almost got KOd in first round by a rookie no name and he’s boring af
@@joshuahoops9430 boo hoo cry
InchaAllah
Bro Umar's knowledge is insane😮
Umar’s saying I ain’t gonna start it but I’ll finish it!!
Umar has become a global treasure, always nice, humble and down to earth of a person. And actually learned English unlike other foreign fighters and wants to fight the best. They should just throw him into top 10 next, so that we could see many fun matchups.
I wouldn’t go that far lol. Good guy tho.
@revolutionoutdoorsandstuff5846 if you had known him or spent one minute with him you will be saying that so 🤷umar is extremely nice and very great human being
Umar👑
Future champ right here.
I love how gentle of a human being he is.
Gentle? He is trash talking big ego cage fighter
@@rok2791 guess you haven't seen him fight or heard him speak. Especially about those who are currently oppressed.
@@deathstroke334 yeah almost seen him lose to a newcomer in his last fight …. And always see him brag that he is better than everyone
@@rok2791 cool
Super, Umar has crazy personality, he will be champ for sure!
Umar the young eagle 🦅
he's right, nobody thought O'Malley can beat Aljo, I barely saw anyone believing that
Yup, O'Malley helped alot of people get out of the casual's mindset/perspective ...people think that when a wrestler vs a striker happens it's just a takedown into submission after a few feints and then GG ez win for the wrestler.
Aljo is old. thats why
Future champ!
He is very down to earth, a simple guy
Definitely he is the nicest Nurmagomedov....
not a huge accomplishment.Khabib has done and said a lot of not very nice stuff
Respect to Sandhagen for taking this fight and you know how big of a threat Umar is for Merab to call out this fight to be cancelled.
georgians fear dagestanis
Interviewer speaks SOOO fast. SLOW DOWN with international fighters.
Welcome Umar ❤ Thanks Brett!
Bantamweight champ late 2024 or early 2025 come back to this comment when it happens ;)
Nobody even wants to fight him, get over yourself
@@Xxjoseph1029xXCory does and will sleep him
Pullout merchant 😂. If war gets worse then forget these peeps, they would be shelved by the rest of the world. Best case, they would fight once a year in Abu Dhabi.
Yes brother/sister , we will !
Ohhh hold on buddy show some respect or Umar might hold you down for 3 rounds
Umar, marab, Cory, petr, song, omalley, Aldo, crazy division
stacked
Future champ InShaAllah
There's not one interview that Brett okamoto does that does not bring up McGregor in any shape or form. Dude has a serious hard on for him.
Yup him and Ariel. Two beta males.
Umar vs merab lets go
umar smokes him.
Winner fights for the belt
Kinda unfair to merab. He beat yan and cejudo already
@@js6618when was the last time Merab beat someone coming off a win ?
Yeah number 1 contender vs number 10, after he just pulled out of a fight, then lost a round and almost the fight to an unknown newcomer ....yeah that makes sense🤣... Umar maybe should fight on pre-lims, while Merab fights for belt
The goat himself. I think he will end his career as the greatest bw of all time
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Rinya Nakamura is a future banger matchup
It really bro
Whos rinya?
this interview Brett actually asked decent questions, I donno if he's bad only in person or what but sometimes he asks boring questions, sometimes like in this one he has actually something to ask
Yeah, brett needs to get out’ve his own way sometimes.
Let’s celebrate the improvements then, it is about time for him to start knowing what he is doing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That last question was so irrelwvant and stupid tho
Sean can fight no ranked opponent and get a #1 contender fight vs Yan when he was ranked 11th and that’s fine, but when Umar does the same thing then it’s a problem 😂😂😂
@@MlNlclipsyou seriously think o malley? a bigger then name then someone who’s named after khabib? you delusional
@@MlNlclipsso does umar he has biggest last name and has huge following so 🤷
Good Interview
He is articulate and has good sight for MMA.
Umar breaking the “no mustache” rule
It’s a stupid rule by dumb fake prophet 😂
Lmao tell me why I was thinking the same thing
he hasno moustache??
@@duck8997 say that in real life and watch you get dealt with. Keyboard warrior.
@@JamieReynolds89 even moustache stubble is haram bro
Future Goat❤
Respect ❤❤❤
Nice interview. Umar has to keep working on improving his English. I definitely think he has potential to become a big star.
Umar english is improving ❤
Insha'llah our future champ👊English improved.
Oh man I'm rooting for you Umar. You're the uncrowned champ!!
Real humble guy, can’t wait till he becomes champ.
He is too sweet ❤
i can't bully someone just because he is different
Okomoto stop pressing umar to get wild at press confrenceses. Let the man be!
Future champ☝️
My Young Eagle of Dagestan.. Future champ right here.. Training hard fight easy
his biggest win is Brian Kelleher... he has not really had any fights
@@xonious9031 yeah when ppl start fighting him he will be more established and get title fight shot... He one of the best in my opinion
Umar is the perfect mix of DC’s silly humor and Khabib’s dry humor. Watchin him mess wit his teammates/coaches is top tier content😂
Every time Umar said 'HMM?' it made me laugh, Idk why.
Umar will be champ very soon 🔜
MERAB vs Umar make it happen.
Why would Merab fight Umar instead of Sean
merab defintely deserves a title fight bro, as fun as this would be. hopefully it can be for a belt if merab does what everyone expects him to do with sean.
He's very focused and a great guy I met him in San Jose
NurmagomeGOAT 😤😤😤
Umar champ status soon
No ,this bi!ch pulled out before against sandhagen.. He is a clown
Umar❤
Great guy
I would like to give umar credit for understand the business need in which he learn and speak English.. no worry as long as people understand that is okay...
future champ
Extremely humble guy. A fighter of his stature can easily go off guns blazing, calling out everyone saying he'd beat'em all, but he shows decent character instead.
saying he can beat them all is kind of the opposite of humble.....a humble fighter would just show with their actions
He will. Bookmark this. @@rok2791
Umar is Future Champ
This guy is a future champion. The UFC will do everything they can to keep this guy from O'Malley.
Yes ther are doing same with merab to O'Malley
they already have him jumping the line to fight Sandhagen, even tho he pulled out ....extra privilege because of name
@@rok2791 yeah so true look what road did merab go through and what he is doing fight Sanghegen if u win. Title shot. Same with O'Malley fight Yan even he lost gift win and then title shot
Umar is the likeable one
Next champ umar
He is next khabib ❤
Yeah because Khabib has been dropped by a debut guy before 😂
@@elyas4637any one can get hit in fight same happened with Islam he get caught and loss the fight props to umar how he handled it and by the way his opponent BEKZAT had total 23 fights with only one loss kid isn’t even in his prime he’s a killer.
😂😂😂😂 u vary funny
@@elyas4637that debut guy will beat anyone else in his division not named Nurmagomedov! You ll get to see if you already haven’t seen his highlights on KZhead
Corey is a beast taking this fight! Respectful and a killer!
Umar the real deal Nurmagomedov
Merab vs umar is a super fight
UMAR NUR MUHAMMADOV IS MMA SUPER STAR , HE IS REALY TECHNICAL SMART FIGHTER
Young eagle !
People forgot that Khabib was nicer too.. But when people started to treat him bad without reasons, he "had" to smashed them badly 😂
Okamoto has to practice paraphrasing questions and slow pace,Umar had trouble understanding him,but Umar is getting better
Umar will break O’Malley. Umar will be to O’Malley what Khabib was to Conor. Umar is O’Malleys Khabib.
The dude is good man
probably but as a fighter his biggest win is Brian Kelleher
Brett loves to interview Ali Abdelaziz fighters.
Because they all class 🤷
Brett i swear by god you are the best compared to every single journalist around the world! Thank you so much
Brett burner
Really? He puts me to sleep.
Brett was definitely not around when the charismatic dynamism vouchers were being handed out.
Brett :youre nice than khabib umar khabib :send me location brett
All those saying Umar doesn't deserve a shot at Cory or it's only because of his name couldn't be more wrong. It's not his name it's his teams name. Team Khabib. And more important than who he's fought. It is more important who he works out with on a daily basis. There is a reason Vegas had him as a -300 favorite last July. And gave Cory a 25% chance of winning.
I think Cory vs O’Malley is the fight to make because i really want to see who have better striking between them
Umar destroys Sandhagen..... there is no bantamweight that can beat this man 2 or 3 more fights, and Umar is Champ
Facts 💯
Him or Cory will be hard fights for Sean
I liked my own comment.
Fair enough
You my friend deserve an oscar
Hope it made you happy
🌽
Me too
Suga don’t need all wrestling components like mat return etc.. all he has to do is not get taken down and get up 🤷🏾♂️
Good english keep it up bro
♥♥
I hope O’Malley can reign for years
i wouldn't mind that option
He will lose to Merab for sure
@@JopJioSean is gonna kill Merab in under 20 seconds
o malley has a really tough road ahead, just umar and merab alone are not great matchups at all without a slick KO.
Umar will be champion in 25
It is very unlikely that he could get through a guy like Jonathon Martinez... he has not had any fights yet.
@@xonious9031 nah disagree
@@SKSPORTS2002 look into Martinez's fights... he is under the radar but he brings it
Umar vs Merab is a monster fight!
low key coach jav's favoite i think haha
Can't wait to see Robbie Lawler fight
His English keep improve, good job
Umar vs. Cory is intriguing feel like Cory may be capable of the upset
8:25 Idk what's so surprising about at a g grappler lunging into punches and getting caught. The glazing from all the company men is insane.
Ya ilia is a bad idea for him. Hed receive a career changing ko
He said what I was thinking Khabib Connor 2.0 Well, I added the .0
He has got to fight some ranked guy. His last name makes him and Suga a big fight.
No body don't have 😂😂😂. I am dying.
A Recommendation for these kind of reporters, be mindful and respectful of someone who can't speak English fluently (yet) and come on man speak slowly and help someone understand you. Imagine you trying it in Russian or other language. 😢
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