It would be hard to draw up a more significant start to the year than what Usman Nurmagomedov and his teammates have lined up in January.

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili came into his first title defense as a 2-1 underdog. And for the first 10 minutes of the fight, it looked like Umar Nurmagomedov had his number.But as the fight progressed,

Umar Nurmagomedov is on the verge of bringing a second UFC title to the Nurmagomedov family. If Islam Makhachev's prediction is correct, a third Nurmagomedov could hold UFC gold soon. Makhachev, the UFC lightweight champion,