Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-02, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Umar Nurmagomedov vs Bekzat Almakhan gets two.Almakhan vs Nurmagomedov is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 2nd, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Shamil Gaziev – UFC Vegas 87 (also known as UFC Fight Night 238 or UFC on ESPN+ 96). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Umar Nurmagomedov record
The undefeated World combat sambo champ Umar Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 16-0-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 bantamweight in the world.
In his last three matches he has beat Brian Kelleher (Brian Kelleher vs Umar Nurmagomedov), Nathan Maness (Umar Nurmagomedov vs Nathan Maness) and Raoni Barcelos (Umar Nurmagomedov vs Raoni Barcelos).
Nurmagomedov’s next fight: Cory Sandhagen vs Umar Nurmagomedov
Bekzat Almakhan record
His opponent, Bekzat Almakhan, has a mma record of 14-1-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.91 in the bantamweight division.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Sultan Zholdoshbek in 2020, since then he has won eight fights beating Mateus Rodrigues Gloria and Yan Ferraz in his last two.
Fight card
Here is the UFC Vegas 87 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Shamil Gaziev
Vitor Petrino vs Tyson Pedro
Muhammad Mokaev vs Alex Perez
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Bekzat Almakhan
Steve Erceg vs Matt Schnell
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Eryk Anders vs Jamie Pickett
Vinicius de Oliveira vs Bernardo Sopaj
Javid Basharat vs Aiemann Zahabi
Christian Leroy Duncan vs Claudio Ribeiro
Ludovít Klein vs AJ Cunningham
Loik Radzhabov vs Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Umar Nurmagomedov vs Bekzat Almakhan as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan fight?
Umar Nurmagomedov defeated Bekzat Almakhan via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–25, 30–26, 30–26.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Vegas 87 post-fight octagon interview of Umar Nurmagomedov and Bekzat Almakhan.
