"Look, it's not an easy choice to make. But I'm betting on Umar. His wrestling is good, he'll take a tekdown and win. I like Sandhagen, but the footwork won't help him. Umar will win the fight," Perez said in an interview with James Lynch.
Recall that Nurmagomedov and Sandhagen will fight at the UFC tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on August 3.