Ramazan Kuramagomedov would like for anyone who competes in mixed martial arts to have the opportunity to experience what he did on Saturday.
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The 27-year-old Dagestani took a unanimous decision triumph over Jason Jackson in the Bellator Champions Series Dublin headliner, capturing the promotion’s welterweight title in the process. Kuramagomedov banked the first three rounds on the scorecards, then held off a late surge from Jackson to end his opponent’s eight-fight winning streak. Kuramagomedov is now 13-0 as a professional.“This is crazy emotional for me. I can’t explain this. I wish for every [fighter] who comes to this sport, I want them to feel this moment, what I feel today,” Kuramgomedov said in a backstage interview with Bellator.
“Every night when I go to sleep, I was thinking about this belt. And every morning when I wake up I was thinking about this belt,” he added. “I was prepared for five hard rounds. Today I did five rounds and I…