Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov will have to wait if he wants another opportunity at Ultimate Fighting Championship gold. Nurmagomedov was scheduled to fight Tony Ferguson in the co-main event of tomorrow’s “UFC 209” pay-per-view, however, he was forced to pull out after suffering issues with his weight cut. He was brought to the hospital on Thursday evening and was not cleared by doctors, ultimately forcing UFC to scrap the co-main event.
With the status of the interim championship fight still up in the air as UFC looks for a last-minute replacement, UFC commentator Joe Rogan took a second on social media to address the negatives of weight cutting in mixed martial arts:
Weight cutting is the biggest problem in MMA. We need a solution where we transition towards fighters competing at their actual weight.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) March 3, 2017
To severely dehydrated yourself 24 hours before a cage fight is insane and has massive health and performance consequences.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) March 3, 2017
