This weekend, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will defend his title at UFC 254 against Justin Gaethje. It’s the biggest fight of the year but it wasn’t always supposed to be the next fight for Khabib. For the better part of the last four years, Khabib and lightweight contender Tony Ferguson had been circling each other, both men putting together incredible runs in the division but apparently destined never to meet. Fate then seemingly closed the door on their fight for good when earlier this year, COVID-19 cancelled a fight between Khabib and Ferguson (the fifth cancellation), and Justin Gaethje stepped in and stopped ‘El Cucuy’ in the fifth round.
Morning Report: Tony Ferguson says he and Khabib Nurmagomedov aren’t finished yet: ‘I will fight Khabib at one point or another’
