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 [won]. I am a world champ.”
Kuramagomedov splits his time between Dagestan and American Top
Team for training. He credits the plethora of accomplished training
partners in Coconut Creek, Florida, for helping to sharpen his
skills during his camp.
“My favorite sparring partner when I come to
American Top Team, I start sparring with middleweight champion
Johnny
Eblen,” Kuramagomedov said. “This guy gives me very hard rounds
all the time. I learn a lot from him.
“In American Top Team, we have welterweight PFL champion Magomed
Magomedkerimov. He gives me a lot of rounds, I learn from him.
A lot of good welterweights and middleweights from American Top
Team. “
Kuramagomedov seemed to dismiss the possibility of entering the
next
Professional Fighters League season. Instead, he’d rather put
his belt on the line at another PFL vs. Bellator Champions
event.
“I can fight with PFL champion, whoever wins gets $1 million,” he
said.