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October 22, 2025 • 13 mins

Umar Nurmagomedov IS BACK to join DC on the Daniel Cormier Check-In series ahead of his MASSIVE FIGHT against Mario Bautista at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi! Umar speaks on the Merab Dvalishvili fight and why he feels he won the fight even with a BROKEN HAND. DC and Umar talk about his upcoming fight with Bautista, and how he has to win in order to cement himself as Merab's next opponent for the title. Plus, the guys talk Cory Sandhagen, Khabib's training camps, and so much more. And don't miss the moment DC tries to convince Nurmagomedov to give him his Rolex watch!

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Speaker 2 (01:47):
I'm joined by Umar and Omega Metoff as he gets
ready to fight Mario Bautista this weekend.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Everything been man, you good, Jim? Yes, how's your hand? Nice?

Speaker 1 (01:58):
I can punch this thing everything.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
How long was the recovery on on your head?

Speaker 1 (02:03):
It was four months. I didn't punch anywhere nothing. I
knew some guys beginning early, and they broke again. I
didn't risk Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Look see look at mine in the beginning, I always
break my head. Let me see where's your scar?

Speaker 1 (02:18):
They cut here?

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Oh it was inside, hung this one.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
It was broke. This it will go down. They put
the bag and put inside.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
How many when did this happen? In the fight? Second round,
second round.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
When you think back to that fight, have you rewatched
have you rewatched the fight?

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Directly the time two times.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
Since you fought him. It's you've only watched it twice
that week after the fight that week two times.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yes, I say everything what I want to know, and
maybe if I will fight again, they will give me
to fight with him. Then I'm gonna do watch more,
you know right now, it's not makes sense? Yea?

Speaker 3 (03:04):
How hard was it losing for the first time? Like
how was that? How was dealing with laws for the
first time in your career?

Speaker 1 (03:12):
How is lost?

Speaker 3 (03:13):
Horrible? It's horrible, of course, but like how do you
process it? Is the question?

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Right, Like I just came to room and everybody come
to like somebody die, right, and I see there's face.
I say, hey, nothing happened. I'm gonna come back. Don't
worry about me. I will be stronger and I will
come back and smell this guy. I'm gonna take this runch.
I'm gonna like do everything, you know, And it was like,

(03:39):
just who came to after this fight to rooms? Right?
And life is not paradise, right, here's something sometimes going
not like you expect my my, my party. Now come

(04:01):
back stronger and fight for the title again.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, did you think you have won that fight? You
what do you think I thought it was.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
I thought he won three rounds. I thought he won
three rounds. I thought you won the first two rounds.
I thought the third round was very close, and I
thought the last two rounds you could tell he was
kind of building.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Last two rounds. Just give, I give.

Speaker 3 (04:24):
Just did you think you want to and I give?

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Just last part of the third the end of the
end of the third round, you had the last.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
No third round, he don't win.

Speaker 3 (04:34):
I don't think you thought you want to fight. Yes.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
No, we don't talk about like I win. I not
to win. Right, we talk about how they give. Yeah,
and I'm doing a battle with judges. They make decision.
One of them. My friend told to me there was judges.
I said this, they would they say he win, Okay,
he win. Don't talk much, yeah, I said, okay, I
don't want to talk like they have to give it

(04:58):
to me like that. I do how they scored, Yeah,
I think they scored in the last two rounds because
of last last minutes. Right, he take down, I get
up like this, and he played a lot. He played
a lot. But if we're talking about skills fight like that.

(05:18):
I don't think he beat me, and I don't I
don't lose anything. Of course, was broken, very hard to fight,
and the third.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Round was very close, very close, very close.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
And.

Speaker 3 (05:32):
He was his title. Right.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, I think if I was with this titled, maybe
Judge's gonna give it to me, you know, depends on
and I hope next time I will not broke anything
and I will fight much better.

Speaker 2 (05:47):
When you got the call it was going to be
Mario Batista? Was that who you Who did you expect
to see when you returned back to the octagon, Like
did you have a specific opponent you might have wanted when?

Speaker 1 (05:58):
But when he beat patching me directly, Like after that fight,
we text each other, meant heavy and he said this
guy can be next because he have eight eight win stick.
It's not bad, you know, and there's nobody else. Everybody
was all busy or injured or they have fights.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
So when you get him and you start working on
Mario Bautista, what did you see? A guy that wrestles well,
a lot of pressure, likes to push you against the octagon, Like,
what did you see when you started to prepare for
Mario Bautista.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
He's a good striker. I can tell this he's a
very good striker. He have good movement, not else. I
don't see else, something like special, you know, I don't
see how like he's a good fighter. I can't tell
he's not good, but I don't know how he's He's
grappling his jiu JITs, so I don't know how his

(06:55):
wrestling skills. He have fight with Ricky Simon. Yes, Ricky
Simon too tired in third round. But if with more energy,
I think he can beat him like he was.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
He was not bad.

Speaker 1 (07:11):
He take him down, try to hold him, you know.
And I think I'm much better than Ricky Simon. And
it's gonna be a different game for you.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
You obviously, for a long time, everybody's kind of thought
you'd be a champion.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
Right, So now it's about getting to this fight.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
When you look at Saturday night, right you win, say
you win against Mario Batista, are you expecting to fight
for the championship afterwards?

Speaker 1 (07:43):
Are you takings even if after that fight, even if
they will give it him give it to me, ten fights,
doesn't matter. I have to become champion. I want this
and I will work for that, and it's gonna happen
in Shallah, and the other side like, who else, Okay,

(08:04):
you know my Deason.

Speaker 3 (08:06):
Your division, who else? So I think I've said this publicly.

Speaker 2 (08:12):
I've said this publicly the many people, the guys, they struggle,
everybody struggles with Morob.

Speaker 3 (08:18):
Right, he's very very good. I think, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (08:21):
I don't know how it's gonna be hard for those
guys to keep him off of him. I think you're
the guy that can fight him. I think you and
him fighting constantly would always be great fights. I think
is going to be better than he was the first
time they fought. I think it's I think it's gonna
be hard for most guys to fight him because his
cardio and his pace and his pressure is so heavy.

(08:43):
But again, do you think though that you would get
that next fight, because now he just got done with
Saan Hagen, Right, He's kind of fought so much in
such a short period of time that I don't know
who they would put in there with him, if not
the winner of this fight between you and Mario.

Speaker 3 (08:59):
About the.

Speaker 1 (09:02):
I don't know to who else nobody there and if
they will take some break and they will take like
some time for Calary Race. I don't want to wait
them too long and obviously, and I want to fight again.
Maybe it's gonna be the first two weeks in February
or last week in January. If UFC have some events,

(09:22):
I want to fight, maybe five round fight. You know,
I don't want to wait too long. And we'll see.
We'll see what's gonna happen in the Saturday and what
you want and how they gonna fight. You know, a
lot of a lot of things, and but I don't

(09:43):
see anybody else.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
A lot of times it takes like a special performance
to earn that championship opportunity. Obviously, Coryse and Hagen god Is,
after getting a finish, do you feel like you have
to try and get a finish this weekend to just
hammer on the idea that you're the next guy, or
do you just need to win.

Speaker 1 (10:00):
Not because of something the contender or something. You know,
I have to show best performance because of I wound this,
you know, not because of they're gonna give me. I
have to do some risk, go ahead, do something crazy,
not because of that, you know. I have to show
my best best performance and I will try it.

Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, House training camp been like with all these guys,
I watched Usman's fight a couple of weeks ago. He
fought really well, hard fight. But with Usman in camp,
Islam in.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
Camp, you and camp could be must be a handful
right now. He must be going crazy with all of
you all in camp. Huh.

Speaker 1 (10:42):
Of course, it's a lot of pressure for him all
the time.

Speaker 3 (10:46):
Like, no, I'm talking about just training you guys.

Speaker 1 (10:49):
He trained us, and you know even if he like,
you know, he trained us, we have to be like,
you know, under pressure. But he was too, you know,
he he decared. He think about every single rounds. You know,
he teaches he come to cage, do do this, like
but he under pressure more than us, more more than we.

Speaker 3 (11:13):
Coaching is harder than fighting.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yes, yes, I think like that because through us have
to do sparking, not just three. There was like a
lot of guys, everybody. He cornered everybody. He he he
think about everyone you know knows and it was good
camp and a lot of pressure.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
But we have to do this.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
You have to do it.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yeah, Hey what about that? What about m Roux? Where's m.

Speaker 1 (11:41):
He lives? He lives, he's good, he's good, and he's
fight canceled because of his opponent, not Cutwaight five kilogram.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
He was ten pounds of eleven pounds of.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
Yay, yes, even then he will ready to fight and
was ready to fight with him. And then he come back.
He not two more seven you know, and then cancel,
then cancel. He's he's upon some injured he took some
injured pain or he can't move like that. He didn't cut.
You know.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
He's good that.

Speaker 1 (12:12):
I think he's his future.

Speaker 3 (12:14):
He's very good. And Usmann fought well last time too.

Speaker 2 (12:17):
You guys are doing great. Man, it's good watching from
a distance watching. I'm excited to watch you compete this weekend.
I'm excited to see what happens in the future. Thank
you for coming again. Hey, Umar, listen, I'm playing soccer tonight.

Speaker 1 (12:28):
Uh huh you know, no, sorer, but I don't know
what you're paying.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
You got any tips for me? Should I play striker
or defense?

Speaker 1 (12:37):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (12:38):
Go keep it.

Speaker 2 (12:39):
No, he's a good refle goal keeper.

Speaker 3 (12:44):
I'll be a striker. I'm like MESSI okay, I'm the best.

Speaker 1 (12:47):
I want to see what is going to happen.

Speaker 3 (12:49):
I'm playing at the United States Soccer Complex here.

Speaker 1 (12:52):
He's gonna be online.

Speaker 3 (12:53):
You want, I'll take some videos. Okay, when I score gold, Yeah,
you think I'll.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
Score if you scored? Got put yeah to get ready
to post the story because I'm definitely scoring guys.

Speaker 2 (13:05):
Umar and the Mega Monov returns to the octagon this weekend,
taking on Mario Bautista, looking to get another opportunity to
fight for UFC Bantamweight Championship.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
Umar, thank you again for checking him. Man, You're the
man boy. I miss you, buddy. Until next time, Peace,
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