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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024

Urijah Faber Says Song Yadong vs. Umar Nurmagomedov Bout More Likely For January, Not December

Song Yadong (image via UFC / YouTube)

By FCF Staff

Recently it was reported that Umar Nurmagomedov is fighting Song Yadong in December, but the latter’s coach, Urijah Faber, has thrown cold water on that rumor.

After weeks of speculation that Nurmagomedov is going to challenge the UFC’s new bantamweight champ, Merab Dvalishvili next. Nurmagomedov has said he wants to fight before Ramadan in March.

Then, it was reported Yadong and Nurmagomedov were going to fight on December 14th. But, in a follow-up interview Helen Yee had with Yadong’s coach, Faber, he dismissed that report (quotes via MMA Junkie.com).

“We don’t have a date for that yet. I don’t think Dec. 14 is the date that we’ve talked about. I think January is what we’re looking at, but we like that fight. I think both Umar and Song are guys that people don’t want to fight, so they’re both willing to step up. I think that’s a good fight.

“We’d fight (champion Sean) O’Malley. We’d fight (Deiveson) Figueiredo. We’d fight any of these guys, really. But yeah, they’ve been talking about that fight. I’ve been seeing all sorts of stuff being posted about that fight, Nothing’s been signed. That date has not been agreed upon. If that fight does happen, it’d most likely happen in January.”

Yadong (21-8) is coming off a decision loss to Petr Yan in March, while Nurmagomedov (18-0) recorded a decision win over Cory Sandhagen in his last outing, which took place in August.

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