Umar Nurmagomedov, managed by Ali Abdelaziz, has accepted a fight for #UFCVegas87 on March 2nd. His opponent is yet to be announced. Additionally, Mohammed Usman will face Mick Parkin at the March 23 Apex event, replacing the rumored fight against Chris Barnett. Cory Sandhagen, a guest on #TheMMAHour, expressed his hope for a title shot and discussed his readiness to fight in 3-4 months, ruling him out as Umar Nurmagomedov's opponent on March 2nd. Sandhagen also mentioned his strategy to acquire 'famous guy leverage' in 2024. He hinted at a potential rebooking of a fight with Umar Nurmagomedov, expressing his reservations about giving Nurmagomedov a shot due to his limited UFC experience and history of fight withdrawals.
Cory Sandhagen on potentially rebooking a fight with Umar Nurmagomedov: “I do feel like I was playing ball for the UFC by giving him a shot when he’s only 4 fights into his UFC career and the guy pulls out of more fights than he’s been in; not to hate on Umar, that’s just the… https://t.co/GRVTnxQs8F
Cory Sandhagen talks about "trying to acquire some famous guy leverage" in 2024. "Maybe I should start hanging out with some rappers... I'll get some tattoos on my face." ▶️ https://t.co/UNAl0Euqtv #TheMMAHour https://t.co/ZuUlhHq6jj
Cory Sandhagen talks about "trying to acquire some famous guy leverage" in 2024. "Maybe I should start hanging out with some rappers... I'l get some tattoos on my face." ▶️ https://t.co/UNAl0Euqtv #TheMMAHour https://t.co/rUYVKy8gXP
Cory Sandhagen talks Umar Nurmagomedov and famous guy leverage. #TheMMAHour https://t.co/ZCdSJ7RC0E
What a quote from Cory Sandhagen on The MMA Hour: "A lot of people watch sports for the beauty of it and a lot of people watch sports for the drama of it and it's easier to understand drama than it is to understand beauty"
Cory Sandhagen is hopeful of getting a title shot in his return 🏆 "I beat ‘Chito’ less than 365 days ago... Me and [Sean] O’Malley is definitely one of the most exciting fights that you can certainly make in the UFC.” ▶️ https://t.co/UNAl0Euqtv #TheMMAHour https://t.co/QM98EkVT6S
🚨| Cory Sandhagen says he’ll likely be ready to fight in 3/4 months. He expects to be able to enter a fight camp in a month or so. [per The MMA Hour] This rules him out of being Umar Nurmagomedov’s opponent on March 2nd. #UFC #MMA https://t.co/t4iNjqqJi2
Cory Sandhagen: I think 3 or 4 months from now I think that I'll be in a really golden spot and ready to perform under the lights again. #TheMMAHour https://t.co/FgGSM2vb8j
Cory Sandhagen up first #TheMMAHour https://t.co/1fOCAAGHlD https://t.co/GwzPnJN9Rr
Cory Sandhagen is our first guest of the day on #TheMMAHour ▶️ https://t.co/Di1pj0WbcI https://t.co/aeqQQs5RUc
#TheMMAHour is live! 1:30 p.m.: Cory Sandhagen 2 p.m.: Tatiana Suarez 2:30 p.m.: Raquel Pennington 3:30 p.m.: Conor Benn https://t.co/1fOCAAGHlD https://t.co/PhiZvYPisK
The MMA Hour with Raquel Pennington, Cory Sandhagen, Tatiana Suarez, Cassius Corrigan, and Conor Benn at 1 p.m. ET https://t.co/IhcWvNOopd
🚨 BIG MICK PARKIN! 💪 Mick Parkin steps in for Chris Barnett to face Mohammed Usman at #UFCVegas89 on March 23rd 🔥 #UFC #MMA https://t.co/ZnVhmchcdt
Umar Nurmagomedov has been sitting for way too long. Extremely excited to see he finally has a fight booked. A lot of fighters have ducked him. I wonder who said yes? My guess would be Cory Sandhagen even though I believe he should be the one getting Sean vs Chito. https://t.co/cguw1WBV5x
👀 #UFC301 vs Sandhagen potentially would be my first assumption as much as I don’t want to see Sandhagen miss out his rightful title shot. @UNmgdv deserves a fight and I’m thrilled he got one. There’s not many out there that want to fight him, turn down the opportunity. https://t.co/cguw1WBV5x
not getting Chris Barnett vs Mohammed Usman in the apex https://t.co/RxbBqKy9rf
UFC announces Mohammed Usman will face Mick Parkin at the March 23 Apex event, so unfortunately it appears the rumored fight against Chris Barnett is not happening.
Ali Abdelaziz says that Umar Nurmagomedov has a fight set for March 2nd 👀 https://t.co/RXuHVGvfg7
🚨 FIGHT NEWS | Umar Nurmagomedov will fight on March 2nd, opponent TBA! via. @AliAbdelaziz00 https://t.co/5PzPM3TNpf
🚨| Umar Nurmagomedov’s manager (@AliAbdelaziz00) says the Russian has accepted a fight for #UFCVegas87 on March 2nd. #UFCVegas87 #UFC #MMA https://t.co/lkk6FyflEy
A brand new episode of #UFCUnfiltered featuring Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) and Drew Dober (@DrewDober) just dropped🎙‼️ Tune into every episode here ➡️: https://t.co/JqvCQ2xCem https://t.co/JqvCQ2xCem