Eventually, though, Nam healed up, got the green light to return to training, and it was back to work. Unfortunately, a pair of fights with Tagir Ulanbekov never came off, but when the UFC presented him with Osbourne’s name, he was all-in. In fact, if the name on the contract read Ngannou, he would have probably still signed.
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“Any fight in the UFC is a good thing,” Nam said. “And especially coming back from an injury – nobody ever comes back better – so they gave me one name and I had one name on top of my mind. After we’re done with that, then we’ll see what’s in the cards for the rest of my career.”
Here’s guessing there will be more fights for someone who has been doing it longer than most.
“I started this when it wasn’t cool,” he laughs. “We just fought for fun on a given Saturday.”
Saturday’s a day away.
