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Khabib talks about the difficulties of making weight without IV rehydration

UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov discusses the difficulties of making weight without IV rehydration.

Even for a lightweight contender significantly larger than the division's average competitor, cutting down 17 kilograms in weight ahead of a fight is a daunting task. Couple that with the fact that Khabib has not fought in nearly two years - well before the IV hydration ban went into effect - and the job becomes even more stressful for the Dagestani fighter.

"Weight cutting is still quite a long process and takes about two months," Khabib told riakchr.ru. "Everything happens in stages.