Deletion of Usman Nurmagomedov

Comment: It is clear he fails to meet , so the question is whether or not he meets .  I'll start by looking at the 5 current sources in the article.  All of them refer to his appearance at Bellator 255, so that seems to be .  Most of the articles focus as much on Kahbib as Usman, but . The Insider article is part interview, part glowing comments from Bellator's boss, and partly about Usman's family--definitely not significant independent coverage. It also seems to be standard pre-fight reporting/hype.  The BBC article is mainly an interview and therefore not independent or reliably sourced.  The third source is an MMA database.  The fourth and fifth are routine sports reporting of results for the same fight.  I see nothing that shows  is met
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMMA||WP:GNG||WP:ONEEVENT||WP:NOTINHERITED||WP:GNG)

Comment: Oh wait,  says "Bellator Fighting Championships '''(Top Tier: 2009 through 2015)'''". It all makes sense now. Could you kindly move the article to my sandbox as I could find use for its template if I find '''notable''' MMA fighters in the future? Consider this a formal approval to close the AfD from the author, if such a request exists by nature. Thanks
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Comment: I don't understand. If he is two fights short in Bellator to satisfy , how would that mean a long time wait? That could happen in a span of a single year, even
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Comment: fails to meet , and  is not valid since it's bare info just about his connection to Khabib
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMMA||WP:GNG)

Comment: I'm the author. I agree there is a failure on part of  and that the subject is two fights short in Bellator to meet the requirements. Nevertheless, I think he just might be scraping the surface of notability as per  when complemented with the coverage received in reliable Russian media sources, much of which I must admit is based on his relationship with Khabib. If the vote swings towards deletion, I'd recommend it to be substituted by '''Draftify''' instead
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMMA||WP:GNG)