Yeah... After beating Umar Nurmagomedov, I'm not really sure who could beat him. He'll be a champ for a long time until his body can't do it no more. But he'll prolly retire a champ. There's nobody left for him to fight unless he wants to move up to 145.
I don't understand why people talk so much about Umar, why do people think that he is the one who can beat Merab? He was so humiliated in that fight that if I was him, I wouldn't fight him before. Also, he doesn't deserve a rematch unless he beats some other top guys but I think that Dana White wants that rematch because he hates Merab and somehow builds his hope on Umar but he will see how Umar will be beaten again.
If you see, Merab is reaching new levels after every fight. Despite the fact that he is 34 years old, he is getting better every day and from this performance against Sean O'Malley, I can't really see anyone beating Merab in this division, even if they fight him in a row in a single day. Nobody can tire Merab, nobody can wrestle him, nobody can knock him out and I'd even say that nobody can strike him, he outstriked Sean O'Malley. Did you watch how amazing Merab's striking was? This short guy was punching better than one of the best puncher in bantamweight.
Merab undoubtedly dominates the bantamweight division. He has incredible cardio. He is like an endless, inexhaustible energy central. He is a real machine. Now Merab’s opponent will be either Yan, Cordy, or Umar. In your opinion, who deserves this fight?
Europe needs Merab as a source of unlimited green energy. This guy should really be studied by scientists because it's definitely not only the hard work, it's definitely not steroids because we have never seen anyone like Merab and if he really was on steroids, especially on EPO, he would be dead because of heart attack or blood clot. I'm sure Merab is not on steroids, even with steroids that level of cardio is impossible, even if you take enormously high dosages of name whatever you want. Merab probably really has BMW engine instead of heart.
Merab vs Volkanovski would be a great match-up.
I completely agree. There is nobody who can beat Merab and he versus Volk will really be an amazing matchup but to be frank, Merab beats the shit out of Volk.