Bellator 288: Usman Nurmagomedov win: In the co-main event of Bellator 288 on Friday night, the undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov, a cousin of legendary MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, defeated Patricky “Pitbull” Freire by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) to claim the Bellator lightweight title. Follow UFC Fight Night Lewis vs. Spivac LIVE Streaming updates with InsideSport.IN.
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Bellator 288: Usman Nurmagomedov vs Patricky “Pitbull” Freire: Easy win
Usman Numagomedov had a commanding performance and won by unanimous decision. In addition to failing to land enough combinations to frighten the Dagestani, Freire could not respond to his wrestling. The judges’ scorecards, which all gave him a 50-45 victory, demonstrated his superiority.
Usman (16-0) is now 5-0 in Bellator with 3 matches. ESPN had ranked Khabib’s cousin at number five on its list of the top MMA fighters under 25 years old in the world.
As the current lightweight champion, the 24-year-old will defend his title throughout the next Bellator lightweight Grand Prix. Who the other contestants will be and who he’ll probably face in the first round still need to be discovered.
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Bellator 288: Khabib Nurmagomedov video calls after his cousin’s win
Khabib called Usman Nurmagomedov in the cage after his #Bellator288 win 😁🤳 pic.twitter.com/B2QZNEqg0Y
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) November 19, 2022
Khabib’ Nurmagomedov’s longtime teammate Islam Makhachev won the UFC lightweight championship last month at UFC 280 by submitting Charles Oliveira in the first round while having Khabib coaching him. Although Khabib wasn’t in Usman’s corner on Saturday night, his manager Ali Abdelaziz and another cousin who fights in the UFC, Abubakar Nurmagomedov, helped him appear through a video call during Usman’s post fight interview. Khabib’s proteges are current lightweight champions in significant promotions, demonstrating that he is still thriving even after retiring.
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Bellator 288 main event: Vadim Nemkov vs Corey Anderson
Vadim Nemkov defeated Corey Anderson in the Saturday night main event by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) to retain the Bellator light heavyweight championship and win the $1 million Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix title. Nemkov has gone 11 games without losing (16-2, 1 NC). The legendary Fedor Emelianenko’s protege is the 30-year-old Russian striker. The 33-year-old Illinois native Anderson lost his four-fight
