Respect Quotes by Umar Nurmagomedov

All Respect statements made by Umar Nurmagomedov across interviews, press conferences, and social media.

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Oct 23, 2025 respect
“Merab deserves to be 2025 Fighter of the Year even if he loses to Petr Yan: “4 times in 1 year. Nobody with belt does this. He deserves this. Its amazing, he’s very active, he will be in history”

– via Brian Campbell
— Umar Nurmagomedov
Oct 21, 2025 disrespect
“From [the] last fight with Petr Yan, Merab [Dvalishvili] became much better. And his last fight with Cory Sandhagen, [he showed] he's gonna wrestle all night, and it's a very big trouble for Petr Yan. He don't have good defense, but he have good arms. He can like do TKO, but if it's not going to be TKO, I think Merab [is] going to maul him”

– via Weighing In podcast
— Umar Nurmagomedov
Oct 18, 2025 respect
“It's very hard to compare with Khabib. Everybody looks at him and for us, his teammates and family, it's very hard to show same performance. He's different. He's like animal. Everybody think we're gonna fight the same, we're gonna destroy, but it's not always gonna happen.”

– speaks on being compared to Khabib.
— Umar Nurmagomedov