Brian Kelleher asks McGregor to corner him for fight against Umar Nurmagomedov

Brian Kelleher is all set to fight Umar Nurmagomedov in a Bantamweight bout at UFC 272 and he wants Conor McGregor to corner him for the fight.

Kelleher tweeted out his request to the former UFC champion last day on Twitter.

“@TheNotoriousMMA hey would you like to corner me in my next fight at ufc 272 against khabibs cousin umar,” Kelleher wrote.

Kelleher is currently on a two-fight winning streak and holds a professional MMA record of 24-12 to his name.

Umar, on the other hand, is the cousin of former UFC Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and holds an undefeated record of 13-0 to his name.

He made his UFC debut back in January 2021 and secured a submission win over Sergey Morozov. The Dagestani fighter will be making his return after a gap of more than a year and Khabib Nurmagomedov is expected to be in his corner for the fight as well.

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Prior to fighting in the UFC, Umar had fought in Gorilla Fighting Championship, PFL, and Battle of Volga. Kelleher, meanwhile, has been in the UFC since 2017 and has 13 UFC appearances on his resume.

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