{"id":40205,"date":"2026-08-31T06:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Zabit-Magomedsharipov-calls-Yadong-Songs-Umar-Nurmagomedov-KO-a-lucky-punch-202591"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:11:53","slug":"zabit-magomedsharipov-calls-yadong-songs-umar-nurmagomedov-ko-a-lucky-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/zabit-magomedsharipov-calls-yadong-songs-umar-nurmagomedov-ko-a-lucky-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Zabit Magomedsharipov calls Yadong Song\u2019s Umar Nurmagomedov KO a \u2018lucky punch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zabit-magomedsharipov-calls-yadong-songs-umar-nurmagomedov-ko-a-lucky-punch.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Zabit-Magomedsharipov-114261\">Zabit<br \/>\nMagomedsharipov<\/a> claims <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Yadong-Song-103807\">Yadong<br \/>\nSong<\/a>\u2019s finish against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Umar-Nurmagomedov-240893\">Umar<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> is down to \u201cbad luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov suffered his second professional defeat, his<br \/>\nfirst-ever via a finish, on Aug. 29, when Song stopped him with a<br \/>\nright uppercut in the second round of their main event clash in the<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>. Nurmagomedov\u2019s compatriot,<br \/>\nMagomedsharipov, is backing him to bounce back stronger and claims<br \/>\nevery fighter is susceptible to flash knockouts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Zabit Magomedsharipov backs Umar Nurmagomedov after his first<br \/>\nknockout loss<\/h2>\n<p>Magomedsharipov was asked about the result ahead of his submission<br \/>\ngrappling match at ACBJJ 22. The former UFC fighter said he viewed<br \/>\nthe knockout as a matter of luck rather than a sign of a deeper<br \/>\nissue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe Umar will be back. I see no problem there,\u201d<br \/>\nMagomedsharipov said at the ACBJJ 22 press conference. \u201cAnyone can<br \/>\nexperience that. It is what it is. I think it was bad luck. He was<br \/>\nwell prepared for the fight and I think it was a lucky punch. It<br \/>\nmay happen to anyone and no one is safe there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov was a massive betting favorite going into <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-286-Nurmagomedov-vs-Song-113007\"><br \/>\nUFC Shanghai<\/a>, but fell out of title contention with the<br \/>\nknockout loss. Meanwhile, Song called for a shot at gold with his<br \/>\nupset victory, targeting the belt that\u2019ll be contested at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-333-Volkanovski-vs-Evloev-113863\"><br \/>\nUFC 333<\/a> between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Petr-Yan-186873\">Petr Yan<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Merab-Dvalishvili-157355\">Merab<br \/>\nDvalishvili<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcqwIKVDL3d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.27631578947369\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zabit Magomedsharipov claims Yadong Song\u2019s finish against Umar Nurmagomedov is down to \u201cbad luck.\u201d Nurmagomedov suffered his second professional defeat, his first-ever via a finish, on Aug. 29, when Song stopped him with a right uppercut in the second round of their main event clash in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Nurmagomedov\u2019s compatriot, Magomedsharipov, is backing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40205","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\/40205","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=40205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}