It looks like top lightweights Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will have their date in the Octagon in the very near future.
UFC President Dana White confirmed on Boston’s "Toucher and Rich” show that Ferguson and Nurmagomedov will lock horns at UFC 223. The event takes place on April 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and airs on pay-per-view.
“That fight is going to happen,” White said. “It will happen.”
Dana White on our show confirmed that Khabib vs. Ferguson is indeed on for UFC 223 in Brooklyn.