The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s lightweight division suffered a major blow last week when it was revealed that Khabib Nurmagomedov had been forced to pull out of his fight with Tony Ferguson at “UFC 209”.
The bout was supposed to decide the next interim lightweight champion, but the weight-class remains championless at a point when Conor McGregor is sitting on the sidelines. Khabib’s manager discusses just how much this fight not taking place impacted his camp.