Sometimes a fighter sneaks up on you, and after a big win on a big card, you look back at his record and wonder how you slept on him in the first place. Said Nurmagomedov is one of those fighters, and perhaps after his 73-second finish of Muin Gafurov, he won’t be sneaking up on anybody anymore. A member of the UFC roster for over five years, Nurmagomedov is 7-2 with five finishes in the Octagon, and with wins over Ricardo Ramos, Cody Stamann and Douglas Silva de Andrade, it’s clear that he belongs with the bantamweight elite.
