{"id":389414,"date":"2022-05-21T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389414"},"modified":"2022-05-21T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T16:28:51","slug":"even-if-he-lost-junior-dos-santos-looked-amazing-khabib-nurmagomedov-double-down-on-co-promotion-with-bellator-mmas-scott-coker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/even-if-he-lost-junior-dos-santos-looked-amazing-khabib-nurmagomedov-double-down-on-co-promotion-with-bellator-mmas-scott-coker\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Even If He Lost, Junior Dos Santos Looked Amazing&#8217;- Khabib Nurmagomedov Double Down on Co-Promotion with Bellator MMA&#8217;s Scott Coker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fighter turned MMA promoter Khabib Nurmagomedov opened up to the media after the curtains were drawn on the most recent Eagle FC 47 event. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos debuted for the promotion and looked to be in tremendous shape in his first outing with the Eagle FC brand.<\/p>\n<p>However, the aging veteran would throw out his shoulder after pushing forward with a right straight and the fight was called a TKO win for his opponent, Yorgan de Castro.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eagle FC 47 main event ends after Junior dos Santos dislocates his shoulder <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMRhp1j84D\">pic.twitter.com\/DMRhp1j84D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eagle FC (@EagleFightClub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EagleFightClub\/status\/1527841301680488448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Going into the fight, Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed that he was targeting a scrap between heavyweight legends Junior Dos Santos and Fedor Emelianenko in a cross-promotional affair with Bellator MMA. Surprisingly enough, despite his defeat to de Castro, Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed he was still interested in putting the fight together.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eagle FC has requested event licenses from the Florida Athletic Commission for the following dates: May 20, June 24, July 29, Aug. 19, and Sept. 23, per state records. All will be in Miami. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ymDd45YLoE\">pic.twitter.com\/ymDd45YLoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nolan King (@mma_kings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mma_kings\/status\/1523753002510983168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it\u2019s still viable, because even if he lost, Junior looked amazing. Everybody see tonight, he\u2019s improved a lot and he was looking amazing. And I think it\u2019s still interesting. I think for his shoulder, [as an] athlete \u2014 because I know when you have an injury, what you need, how many months you need to recover, everything \u2014 I think if he makes this next week, surgery, I think definitely he needs surgery.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wow-gilbert-burns-picks-leon-edwards-over-khamzat-chimaev-and-colby-covington-as-top-threat-to-kamaru-usman\/\">WOW! Gilbert Burns Picks Leon Edwards Over Khamzat Chimaev and Colby Covington as Top Threat to Kamaru Usman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he doubled down on his intention to iron out the specifics of a cross-promotional venture with Scott Coker. The Bellator MMA President has been open to cross-promotion and has conducted business with RIZIN in the past as well.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s highly likely that he\u2019ll come together with the popular undefeated fighter and make it happen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1037\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-2.png 1037w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-2-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-2-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not a doctor, but I see a lot of injuries inside the gym like this with shoulders, with knees. I think after three or four months, he can come back to sparring, and at the end of the year we can make this fight. Next week I\u2019m going to sit with Scott Coker and we\u2019re going to discuss about this fight.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/5\/21\/23133376\/khabib-nurmagomedov-still-interested-in-junior-dos-santos-vs-fedor-emelianenko-eyeing-co-promotion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Junior Dos Santos voiced his disdain for the way his UFC tenure ended and will be keen to charter a new course in the sunset years of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighter turned MMA promoter Khabib Nurmagomedov opened up to the media after the curtains were drawn on the most recent Eagle FC 47 event. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos debuted for the promotion and looked to be in tremendous shape in his first outing with the Eagle FC brand. However, the aging veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}