{"id":40227,"date":"2026-09-01T04:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Umar-Nurmagomedov-sends-defiant-message-after-first-knockout-loss-202608"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:39:09","slug":"umar-nurmagomedov-sends-defiant-message-after-first-knockout-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/umar-nurmagomedov-sends-defiant-message-after-first-knockout-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Umar Nurmagomedov sends defiant message after first knockout loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/umar-nurmagomedov-sends-defiant-message-after-first-knockout-loss.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Umar-Nurmagomedov-240893\">Umar<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> isn&#8217;t dwelling on his first-ever knockout<br \/>\nloss.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov was finished by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Yadong-Song-103807\">Yadong Song<\/a><br \/>\nin the second round of their main event clash on Aug. 29, marking<br \/>\nhis second defeat in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>. Despite now being out of title<br \/>\ncontention and likely taking an extended break before his next bout<br \/>\nhaving been slept by Song, the Dagestani isn\u2019t letting the result<br \/>\ndiscourage him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Umar Nurmagomedov is already back in the gym after UFC Shanghai<br \/>\nloss to Yadong Song<\/h2>\n<p>After his loss to Song at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-286-Nurmagomedov-vs-Song-113007\"><br \/>\nUFC Shanghai<\/a>, Nurmagomedov assured fans that he\u2019s alright and<br \/>\nrevealed that he\u2019s already back in the gym. He claims that he won\u2019t<br \/>\nlet the result affect his mentality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay strong and thankful to God always,\u201d Nurmagomedov wrote in an<br \/>\nInstagram post. \u201cI have no plans to lose heart or withdraw into<br \/>\nmyself. I got up and shook off the dust. I\u2019m back in the gym and<br \/>\ngetting back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov also reiterated that fans shouldn\u2019t feel sorry for<br \/>\nhim, putting things into perspective amid bigger issues in the<br \/>\nworld.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the tragedy that has befallen Gaza,\u201d Nurmagomedov added.<br \/>\n\u201cEven they do not lose heart. They remain strong and resilient.<br \/>\nWhat right do we \u2013 alive and healthy \u2013 have to complain?<br \/>\nAlhamdulillah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcqMv0zziLp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.25301204819277\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umar Nurmagomedov isn&#8217;t dwelling on his first-ever knockout loss. Nurmagomedov was finished by Yadong Song in the second round of their main event clash on Aug. 29, marking his second defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Despite now being out of title contention and likely taking an extended break before his next bout having been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40227","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\/40227","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=40227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}