Shara Bullet nonetheless plans to share the cage with Israel Adesanya.
The middleweight contender—a.okay.a. Shara Magomedov—meets Michael Page within the UFC Saudi Arabia co-main occasion Saturday, when he places his 15-0 report on the road. Whereas the Web page matchup pairs Magomedov up with a preferred veteran, it was Adesanya that “Shara Bullet” initially had in his sights after an unbelievable knockout of Armen Petrosyan at UFC 308 this previous October.
Adesanya headlines UFC Saudi Arabia reverse Nassourdine Imavov and will each he and Magomedov be victorious, Magomedov expects the UFC to guide them to battle subsequent.
“I feel it simply relies on how properly I carry out on Saturday and if the group needs it and if Adesanya sees it, there’s going to be no different alternative however for the UFC to provide us this battle as a result of we’re each thrilling fighters and there could be no motive to try to preserve all this pleasure away from the followers,” Magomedov advised MMA Combating’s Mike Heck by way of a Russian translator. “As a result of that’s what they’re going to need to see.”
Magomedov joined the UFC in 2023 with loads of hype behind him and his performances have improved with each outing, capped off by his double spinning backfist KO of Petrosyan. He’s conscious that he wants one other spectacular outing if he’s to lock down a battle with Adesanya, a two-time UFC middleweight champion, however isn’t making any agency prediction as to how their matchup performs out.
“You realize, it’s on the Almighty who provides it to us,” Magomedov mentioned. “I rely on Almighty for the whole lot and whichever manner he guides me, that’s the way in which it’s going to go.
“I’m unpredictable contained in the cage, the fights are unpredictable, I can’t actually let you know what’s going to occur and smash the shock. All people’s ready for it, everyone needs to see the battle, and I feel we’ll see what occurs inside on Saturday.”
There’s additionally one different impediment to contemplate. Even when Magomedov scores a memorable win over Web page, he has to attend and see if Adesanya can prime Imavov in Saturday’s important occasion. Imavov has received three straight fights to rise to No. 7 at 185 kilos within the MMA Fighting Global Rankings and he’s seeking to make his case for a title shot if he defeats “The Final Stylebender.”
Magomedov might be cheering on Imavov and will he emerge victorious, it’s unclear what that will imply for Magomedov’s hopes of preventing Adesanya.
“I don’t love to do predictions for fights, on the subject of me I’m going to root for Nassourdine as a result of he’s my countryman,” Magomedov mentioned. “He’s one among us and I’d like to root for him, for him to win. So I don’t know who’s going to win, however my guess is on Nassourdine.”
