SAN DIEGO – Usman Nurmagomedov only cares about winning decisively Saturday at Bellator 300 and that means making Brent Primus look bad.
At a pre-fight news conference Wednesday at the host hotel, the Bellator lightweight champion Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) seemed unbothered and unfazed about many of the theoretical scenarios or opinion questions thrown his way. In what was the equivalent of a verbal shrug, Nurmagomedov used few words to get his point across.
“When he said all the time he will beat me, he will beat me, I don’t understand,” Nurmagomedov told MMA Junkie and other reporters. “He really believe in this? OK, but if you believe this, this is good. We’re going to show you guys a good fight. … Saturday night, I respect this guy. He’s a former champion. But Saturday night, I’m going to make him feel he’s like slow and old. This is all what I have to say, guys. Sorry.”
