Javier Mendez had high praise for Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov . Like former undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, current UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev, and No. 1 UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov, Usman is trained by American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez. Although Mendez has trained some of the most accomplished fighters including former UFC dual-champion Daniel Cormier, former UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, and former UFC middleweight champ Luke Rockhold, he made a bold claim about Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0). “I see Usman as being the pound-for-pound greatest fighter myself – he’s got all the attributes,” Mendez told Red Corner MMA