Javier Mendez is not taking Bekzat Almakhan gently ahead of UFC Fight Night 238.
After havingahardtime to web an challenger, Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) drew beginner Almakhan (17-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in Saturday’s primary card (ESPN+) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
For Nurmagomedov’s head coach Mendez, Almakhan provides more issues than most bantamweights on the lineup do.
“He’s a hazardous guy. He is more harmful than the large bulk of the UFC fighters,” Mendez stated on his YouTube channel. “I’m informing you – this guy’s no joke. He’s one of those phenom-type guys that’s coming into the videogame, and you’re going, ‘Oh, he’s neverever been in the UFC.’
“Yeah, OKAY – keep believing that method. You muchbetter appearance at him like a major, major op