With the UFC’s inability to locate this weekend’s UFC 223 headliner, Khabib Nurmagomedov, the world’s largest Mixed Martial Arts promotion was forced to cancel his day of media obligations.
Khabib reportedly no showed all his morning appearances, which then prompted the UFC to cancel the rest.
The Mixed Martial Arts world quickly got worried, because Khabib’s history of pulling out of fights, even missing weight, is riddled with examples.
But now, thanks to the American Kickboxing Academy’s official Instagram account, we have an update on Khabib, and he’s simply cutting weight.
The Russian super star is one of the biggest lightweights on the UFC’s roster today. So the weight cut never appears to be easy.
Apparently his team decided that flaking out on his obligations in order to guarantee success on Friday’s scales was of the utmost importance. So, Khabib no showed them in favor of making sure his weight is on point
At any rate, he’s been found, and here’s the proof as posted just 18 minutes from this publication:
UFC 223 goes down this Saturday. The night’s main event features a lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway. The main card broadcast airs live on pay-per-view.
