Merab Dvalishvili, UFC bantamweight champion, spoke about Umar Nurmagomedov's behavior after the UFC assigned him a fight against Cory Sandhagen. According to the fighter, Nurmagomedov showed disrespect towards him and other athletes.
āAfter the UFC gave him a fight with a highly-ranked opponent, Cory Sandhagen, he started saying nasty things and showing disrespect towards me and other fighters. Personally, he told me: āYou are old, Dominick Cruz is old, Henry Cejudo is old, I want to fight you.ā I replied: āI want to fight for the title, not to drop down in the rankings with you.ā He is spoiled,ā Dvalishvili's words are quoted by Red Corner MMA.