The mess atop the UFC’s deepest division continues. Following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s surprise retirement announcement back in October of last year, Dana White has done everything he possibly could to muddy the waters as to whether or not one of the promotion’s leading stars had truly decided to walk away.
Fans were supposed to get something like a definitive answer back in January, when the UFC hit Abu Dhabi for another ‘Fight Island’ stint and Dana White got his first chance to sit down and really hash things out with the longtime AKA talent. Instead, White punted on the decision, telling fans that Khabib would wait for UFC 257 to see if anything piqued his interest in a return.