{"id":275341,"date":"2018-04-26T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275341"},"modified":"2018-04-26T10:06:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:06:35","slug":"colby-covington-gives-his-take-on-how-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-perform-at-welterweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-gives-his-take-on-how-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-perform-at-welterweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington gives his take on how Khabib Nurmagomedov would perform at welterweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov, who now owns the UFC lightweight title, is a flawless 26-0 as a professional mixed martial artist. Given his incredible dominance in the lightweight division \u2014 and the fact that he&#8217;s struggled with the scale in the past \u2014 many members of the MMA community have wondered how he&#8217;d perform in the UFC welterweight division.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of Colby Covington, who battles Rafael dos Anjos for interim welterweight gold in the co-main event of UFC 225 this June 9, Nurmagomedov would be wise to stay at lightweight. In fact, he thinks Nurmagomedov would be in some real trouble if he moved to welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [Nurmagomedov&#8217;s skill] works for the little lightweight division, but that shit doesn\u2019t fly at welterweight,\u201d Covington told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/04\/colby-covington-khabib-nurmagomedov-will-get-balls-put-on-his-forehead-at-welterweight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie Radio<\/a> this week. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a real All-American wrestler, not some sambo dude, so if he comes up to welterweight, he\u2019s going to get his head dunked and balls put on his forehead just like the rest of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Covington is not too impressed with Nurmagomedov \u2014 particularly after the Russian failed to finish part-time real estate agent Al Iaquinta in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-223\/ufc-223-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-al-iaquinta\/\">the last-minute main event of UFC 223.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s that impressive,&#8221; Covington said. &#8220;He couldn\u2019t even finish a real estate agent. That\u2019s fucking sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Covington then explained that his main criticism of Nurmagomedov&#8217;s style is that he&#8217;s not well-rounded. The American says he realized this by reviewing video of Nurmagomedov&#8217;s win over dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched the fight a couple of times,\u201d he said. \u201c[Nurmagomedov] just goes forward and looks for takedowns and pressure. He doesn\u2019t have any striking power. He\u2019s not a well-rounded fighter like myself. I can beat people on the feet; I can beat people on the ground. It doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys have a lot more to worry about when they\u2019re fighting me than they do fighting Khabib. He\u2019s just one-dimensional. 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