Khabib teammates’ UFC debuts doubtful as they cancel journey to ‘Struggle Island’ in wake of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s passing

Two teammates of Khabib Nurmagomedov, together with his cousin Umar, have cancelled their flights to Abu Dhabi within the wake of the passing of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, placing their UFC Struggle Island debuts in critical doubt.

Undefeated prospect Umar Nurmagomedov and the 10-1 flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov took the choice to not take the flights to Abu Dhabi after information of passing of the Nurmagomedov patriarch emerged on Friday.

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Umar is scheduled to face the damaging Englishman Nathaniel Wooden in a much-hyped battle of two of MMA’s most well-regarded younger prospects on July 25, whereas Ulanbekov is lined as much as combat Ukraine’s Aleksander Doskalchuk every week prior – a fighter who additionally boasts a powerful skilled document of 10-1.

JUST IN: Khabib teammates Umar Numagomedov and Tagir Ulanbekov have each cancelled their departure to #UFCFightIsland following information of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov's demise. Unclear if they may now make their UFC debuts pic.twitter.com/TLFWlMVIyW

— Denis Geyko (@DenisGeykoMMA) July three, 2020

Nonetheless, neither fighter has but been formally faraway from the cardboard and sources inform RT Sport that it’s potential that each males could make the journey at a later date.

Very like his UFC champion cousin, Umar educated beneath each Abdulmanap in Dagestan and Javier Mendez, founding father of the American Kickboxing Academy gymnasium in San Jose, California and the lack of his uncle will little question be felt notably keenly by the 24-year-old.

Ulanbekov, in the meantime, is a coaching companion of Khabib Nurmagomedov and was certainly one of only a handful of stablemates  utilized by the UFC champion as a part of his closed-session coaching camp for his ill-fated UFC 249 combat with Tony Ferguson previous to his withdrawal from the bout. Ulanbekov was additionally a pupil of Abdulmanap, to whom he was understood to have a really shut relationship.

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