The scenery & Order of the day for the UFC's bantamweight division has been experiencing rapid change since Sean O'Malley was crowned champion & made his first defense earlier this year.In that aforementioned span of time Merab Davishili has earned his title shot & Umar Nurmagamedov has successfully overcome Corey βSandmanβ Sandhagan in a domineering showcase down in Abu Dhabi.
As a result,it stands to reason that Sean O'Malley will soon need to defend his title against Umar.Unfortunately,such a clash may spell the end of Sugas Reign as champion while simultaneously eliminating any ambitions of facing featherweight champ Illia Topuria in Spain not only in a massive pay-per-view but for the coveted double champ status.
On the otherhand, Should Umar claim Victory against O'Malley obviously he'd have won the world title but would have also brought further glory to Dagestan,the Nurmagamedov family,and his clans chosen gym AKA.
While all of this is fine,dandy,& marvelous,Umar wouldn't have accomplished anything any different than what his brothers ,Islam, & his legendary cousin have achieved alreadyβ¦he'd be a dime a dozen in a sport that's gradually becoming oversaturated with Dagestani fighters who are just robotic copies of one anther & have little if any engaging personality traits to display to the public.
At this stage I believe that Umar before stepping up to challenge for the title should consider going after the BMF title which is only growing in prestige & value in the UFC's modern era.
Should Umar claim a BMF title it'd only make his fight against O'Malley that much more of a sensational extravaganza & Umar will finally have a unique achievement that'd differentiate him from the other members of his clan & perhaps even the opportunity to hold both the BMF title & UFC title at the same time.
By holding both of these titles,Umar would technically be a double champ of which there have been few crowned in the UFC'S long & storied history. Moreover, he would undeniably become the most unique Double champion that the organization has ever seen and would proudly get to boast being THE 1ST undisputed BMF,something no other fighter on the UFC roster has done since the belts inception.
Overall,Dagestani fighters are all gems as far as the world of combat sports is concerned BUT the issue is that there is no diversity or individual uniqueness to be seen in any of them especially not Within the Nurmagamedov family.
In my humble opinion Umar mayhaps more than anything else needs to step out of his family's shadowβ¦out of Khabibs shadow & out of Islams shadow in order to embark on the arduous quest to become his own man with his own unique persona in that octagon or else he'll be running the risk of becoming nothing more than another prize fighting Clone Rangerβ¦a fate much worse than any loss or near miss that could be suffered in the dogged persuit of greatness & a costly mistake that can condemn an athlete to the dark Oblivion of obscurity or even scar their legacy when the sun at long last sets
on their careers.
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