Difficulties abound in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deep 135-pound weight class, and Said Nurmagomedov has thus far shown the skills necessary to navigate them.
The seasoned and well-traveled Dagestani bantamweight will look to creep ever closer to contention when he squares off with Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Vinicius Oliveira in a compelling UFC Fight Night 250 showcase this Saturday at anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nurmagomedov has won seven of his nine bouts since he joined the UFC roster in 2018. He last suited up at UFC 294, where he put away Muin Gafurov with a guillotine choke 73 seconds into the first round of their encounter on Oct.