Ali Abdelaziz Gets 5 More Years with Khabib, Signs Aaron Pico
Yahoo! Sports‘ star reporter Kevin Iole posted the scoop today about UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov signing a new five-year management deal with Dominance MMA’s Ali Abdelaziz.
The @UFC lightweight champ @TeamKhabib signed a new 5-year management deal with @AliAbdelAziz
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) August 2, 2019
The renewal / extension reiterates the Dagestani fighter’s continued trust in Abdelaziz’s skills as a manager, despite the Egyptian-born Ali being subjected to a pernicious smear campaign by a Canada-based stalker.
Damon Martin, another MMA reporter, also tweeted today that Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico has signed with Dominance MMA.
Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico has signed with @AliAbdelaziz00 and Dominance MMA as his new management team.
“Aaron has so much raw talent, one of the most talented fighters I’ve ever seen. He will become Bellator champion but it will be the right way.”
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) August 2, 2019
Abdelaziz later tweeted the news from his own account.
I want to welcome this young lion @aaronpicousa It’s a honor to work with this young man I believe he’s the beast raw talent in mma. Future champ pic.twitter.com/LTw1kxo5ph
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) August 3, 2019
Pico is coming off a two-loss streak, but is expected to eventually move on to the UFC now that he has Abdelaziz as his agent.