Outside Source
Usman will look to defend his lightweight title against Davis at PFL Road to Dubai on Feb. 7 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. While Usman trains with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev, Davis doesn’t think his wrestling is of their level. However, Usman believes Davis will have no answer for his wrestling in Dubai. Usman doesn’t consider Davis an elite striker and thinks the Englishman only runs away from his opponents to avoid wrestling. However, Usman warns Davis that the cage in Dubai is not big enough to run around.
Nowhere to Run
“He’s not a good striker,” Nurmagomedov told MMAjunkie.com. “Who said he has good striking? This guy beginning talking, but people don’t know nothing about him because he just won one fight, lost three fights, began to win one, two fights with former champions or old guys…He only has striking… For example, I take him down, what is he going to do? What’s his plan? Shabliy took him down, he didn’t get up. A lot of guys took him down, and he just tried to hold the people. He tries to not let them punch him, and he’s waiting for the round to finish, then he begins to do some taekwondo or running inside the cage, but he doesn’t understand that the cage in Dubai is a small cage. There is no space for running.”
Usman (20-0) won the inaugural Professional Fighters League lightweight title against Paul Hughes and successfully defended it in a rematch last year. The undefeated Dagestani has finished 14 of his 20 professional wins so far. Meanwhile, Davis (20-5) is on a three-fight winning streak that won him the PFL lightweight tournament last year.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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