{"id":36615,"date":"2026-02-03T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Umar-Nurmagomedov-Khabibs-Corner-Presence-Puts-Added-Pressure-on-Opponents-199993"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:16:11","slug":"umar-nurmagomedov-khabibs-corner-presence-puts-added-pressure-on-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/umar-nurmagomedov-khabibs-corner-presence-puts-added-pressure-on-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Umar Nurmagomedov: Khabib\u2019s Corner Presence Puts Added Pressure on Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> believes having Khabib
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> in the corner is a bonus advantage. <\/p>\n

According to Umar, his cousin\u2019s presence is mental warfare on his
\nopponents by itself. Throughout his career, Umar has seen his
\nopponents feeling the pressure of Khabib being in his corner.<\/p>\n

\n

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It\u2019s In the Eyes<\/h2>\n

\u201cKhabib’s influence puts more pressure on your opponents,\u201d Umar
\nssaid in a recent interview with mr.kingsman (via Red Corner MMA).
\n\u201cI felt that throughout my career. I always saw it in my opponents\u2019
\neyes. That pressure when Khabib is there with our team. It\u2019s like a
\nbonus advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khabib is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial
\nartists of all time. \u201cThe Eagle\u201d defended the
\nUFC<\/a> lightweight title thrice before retiring as the undefeated
\nchampion in 2020, following the death of his father and coach,
\nAbdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Khabib\u2019s teammates, Umar, Usman
\nNurmagomedov<\/a>, Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> and others were all originally honed by Abdulmanap.
\nKhabib has taken leadership of the team following his retirement
\nalongside American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier
\nMendez. <\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov suffered his lone professional loss in a failed
\nbantamweight title bid against Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> last year. Nurmagomedov has since rebounded with
\nwins over Mario
\nBautista<\/a> and Deiveson
\nFigueiredo<\/a>. Khabib wants Umar (20-1) fight either Dvalishvili
\nor Sean O\u2019Malley next to secure a title shot against the new
\nchampion, Petr
\nYan<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

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\n

Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> says having Khabib by his side crushes his rivals
\n\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

“Khabib’s influence puts more pressure on your opponents. I’ve felt
\nit my whole career. You can see it in their eyes. He has Khabib in
\nhis corner. He’s with a team like that.”<\/p>\n

Via mr.kingsman pic.twitter.com\/br0NoPg4dt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA)
\nFebruary 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Umar Nurmagomedov believes having Khabib Nurmagomedov in the corner is a bonus advantage.  According to Umar, his cousin\u2019s presence is mental warfare on his opponents by itself. Throughout his career, Umar has seen his opponents feeling the pressure of Khabib being in his corner. Advertisement It\u2019s In the Eyes \u201cKhabib’s influence puts more pressure on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}