Overview

• Umar Nurmagomedov is booked to face Mario Bautista at UFC 321 on Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi.
• Belal Muhammad says Nurmagomedov completed his camp with Khabib Nurmagomedov serving as main coach, describing intense sessions on the No Scripts podcast.
• Muhammad called Khabib “the craziest coach” who pushed Umar harder than ever following January’s title-fight defeat to Merab Dvalishvili.
• Nurmagomedov told TMZ fans will “see how Nurmagomedovs come back,” said he feels no pressure, and expressed interest in a future rematch with Dvalishvili.
• Bautista enters as a dangerous test after recent wins over Jose Aldo and Patchy Mix, on a card that also lists Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane and Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba.