Umar Nurmagomedov has expressed confidence that Merab Dvalishvili will retain his bantamweight title by the end of the year. Despite Nurmagomedov's own loss to Dvalishvili earlier in January at UFC 311, he remains impressed by Dvalishvili's durability and physicality, highlighting that he himself could not impact Dvalishvili significantly during their fight. Nurmagomedov attributes Dvalishvili's success to his exceptional cardio and brute force rather than advanced grappling skills. With Cory Sandhagen likely next for a title shot, Nurmagomedov questions how Dvalishvili will fare against him.
I feel like he's really hard to knock out. So yeah, I think Merab might be [still champion at the end of the year].
He's just got brute strength. He wrestles with pure pressure; he doesn't even need to hold you. It's not like he's got advanced grappling skills or anything.
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