Conor McGregor is the UFC lightweight champion. Tony Ferguson holds an interim version of the belt.
There’s no real solution to the two-champion situation in the near future, as McGregor hasn’t defended his title since winning it nearly 14 months ago and Ferguson is on the sidelines after elbow surgery.
But Khabib Nurmagomedov, who ran his record to 25-0 on Saturday night with a dominant victory over Edson Barboza at UFC 219, has proposed a novel solution to clear up the logjam atop the 155-pound division: He’ll fight them both in one night.