At one point, the co-main event of UFC Moncton appeared to be extremely underwhelming. Little did fans know how much interest they would have in seeing Artem Lobov and Zubaira Tukhugov square off. Of course, the moment the post-fight brawl at UFC 229 occurred, that fight was canceled. Then again, the moment that brawl happened was also when fans realized how badly they wanted to see that fight given their associations with Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. There is no official word yet on whether the UFC is going to release Tukhugov after he punched McGregor in the melee as Khabib threatened to quit if the UFC cut loose his teammate… but at least fans know his name now.
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