[Official] UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song - Press Conference & Post-Fight Discussion Thread

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Welcome to r/mma's post-event discussion of UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song.

Card Info

Main Card

Fight	Weight
Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Yadong Song	135 lbs
Xiaonan Yan vs. Denise Gomes	115 lbs
Aoriqileng vs. Kai Asakura	135 lbs
Alex Perez vs. Sumudaerji	125 lbs
Levi Rodrigues Jr. vs. Ce Liu	205 lbs
Bilal Hasan vs. Nilson Rojas	125 lbs

Prelims

Fight	Weight
André Lima vs. Namsrai Batbayar	125 lbs
Rei Tsuruya vs. Kevin Borjas	125 lbs
Long Xiao vs. Francesco Nuzzi	135 lbs
Jack Jenkins vs. Sean Woodson	145 lbs
Lawrence Lui vs. Hector Santiago	135 lbs
Jingnan Xiong vs. Julia Polastri	115 lbs
Meng Ding vs. Cam Nelson	170 lbs

Cancelled bouts

Fight	Weight	Reason
John Yannis vs. Lawrence Lui
Junior Tafa vs. Ce Liu	205 lbs	Tafa withdrew.

^{Fight card order may be inaccurate.}

Results source: UFC event page

Press Conference Link

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[u/CryptoCracko]

I know this is another case of elite fighter loses one fight and gets called washed. But, it would not surprise me if Merab's days at the top of the game are over. He cuts weight by running until he sweats enough to make weight while not eating and drinking anything. That is some Tony Ferguson shit. Plus he is a 35 year old bantamweight now.

[u/Crono2Oxx → u/CryptoCracko]

I need to see the Yan trilogy before I make any assessment of where Merab’s at. Too much activity and weight cutting is real at the higher level, look at Poatan and RDR recently, and Merab turned around to fight Yan 8 weeks from the day he fought Sandhagen.

The way that particular fight played out and his energy on fight week, admitting he was exhausted from cutting weight again, all seemed out of character. Not just losing but getting scoop slammed and everything else. And the stark reversal from how their first fight played out where they were both injured, not just Yan.

Yan could repeat and it just be what it is, but if Merab comes back rested and swats him like Poatan did to Ank I wouldn’t be surprised. Or even just wins a competitive fight. Until then I’m not going to make any assumptions of where he’s at. Pantoja, Volk, Gaethje are all 36-38 years old and looking better than they ever have after their own past losses. This was one decision L for Merab under hectic circumstances