After playing coy for months about the status of the UFC lightweight championship, company president Dana White finally made a clear declaration in the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominant win at UFC 223.
“That’s it,” he said in the event’s post-fight press conference. “That’s the only belt.”
That seems unequivocal. So did the words of the UFC announce team, and of Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer, both of whom called Nurmagomedov the “undisputed” UFC lightweight champion.
While the promotion has finally cemented its official stance on the matter, Nurmagomedov’s belt is hardly without questioners to its legitimacy.