UFC gentle-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is crossing over from fighter to promoter after shopping his have MMA organization.
This week, the undefeated Russian unveiled Eagle Struggling with Championships – rebranded after his rob of Gorilla Struggling with Championship – as he seeks to place a developmental league that may well confidently sight a slew of future contenders. Whereas Nurmagomedov beforehand has dabbled in promotion, he’ll now wait on as the proprietor and the face of the organization with his name linked to the logo.
After the ink dried on the deal, Nurmagomedov wasted no time reaching out to UFC President Dana White as a method to discuss to him a pair of original roughly working relationship between his organization and the glorious MMA promotion on this planet.
“I had this provide to Dana White,” Nurmagomedov explained all by method of a press conference held in Russia this week (translation courtesy of RT Sport). “I famous to plan a contract with UFC Warfare Race, to broadcast EFC fights there, roughly like their contract with M-1 nonetheless just a dinky varied.”
Based entirely on Nurmagomedov, he needs to grow EFC with a formidable roster of talented fighters, nonetheless he’s now no longer within the hunt for to compete with the UFC. As an various, he needs to work side-by-side to wait on graduate EFC’s fighters to within the waste be a part of the UFC roster.
“I famous to discuss relating to the number of title defenses an EFC fighter needs to glean into the UFC,” Nurmagomedov talked about. “After we trace fighters, we want the organization to apply them into the UFC. Let’s take into account, a guy signs for six fights. If he wins and defends his title about a instances, we’ll glean him a UFC contract, then after he signs we’ll tackle his affairs.
“It’s no secret all people needs to glean into the UFC. Other promotions prefer their fighters to preserve. I don’t prefer that. I prefer EFC to be a launchpad into the enviornment stage.”
As unheard of as Nurmagomedov needs EFC to succeed, he understands that it’s nearly impossible to compete with a company as huge as the UFC, especially pondering the market share they already preserve watch over on a world scale.
As an various of making an are attempting to reach an unwinnable battle, the 32-year-outdated skool outdated skool prefers to wait on up and coming athletes mark their have dreams by within the waste preventing within the UFC very similar to he did with his occupation.
“We need now no longer less than 10 years to be better than UFC, so we don’t have those needs,” Nurmagomedov talked about. “A 23-year-outdated skool fighter can have six, seven fights, take the title and protect it, then trace with the UFC in upright two years.
“That’s a more life like non permanent purpose than taking a sight ahead 10 to 12 years upright for an various to turn out to be the glorious promotion on this planet. But we place purpose to turn out to be one in every of the glorious on this planet.”
Take a look at out the paunchy video courtesy of RT Sport.
