One of the biggest might-have-beens for 2017 was the interim title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, which was supposed to take place at UFC 209 last March. But due to health issues which were believed to be rooted in a bad weight cut, Khabib had to pull out the day before the fight.
But according to his coach Javier Mendez, fans may have overblown these issues.
“You know, the last time, people were making too much of his weight cut, talking about it was disastrous, he wasn’t gonna make weight, just because his opponent says he wasn’t gonna make weight and he made fun of it,” Mendez told Submission Radio.