Suffering his first-ever loss at UFC 311 over the weekend, Umar Nurmagomedov’s team have revealed their trainee refused to inform them of his brutal hand injury suffered in the first round of his title fight Merab Dvalishvili — which ultimately would’ve changed their fighting approach.
Nurmagomedov, who co-headlined UFC 311 over the course of the weekend, saw his perfect eighteen-fight unbeaten run in mixed martial arts come to a crashing end at the hands of incumbent bantamweight kingpin, Dvalishvili — dropping a unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss.
However, following the back-and-forth pairing, Nurmagomedov revealed in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan how he suffered a fractured hand in the opening round of his title pairing with Dvalishvili.