Born in Germany to Afghan parents, Nasrat Haqparast is adamant that Khabib Nurmagomedov will treated like a superstar when he travels to Abu Dhabi to defend his lightweight title against Dustin Poirier on Sept. 7 at UFC 242.
Haqparast took a stoppage win over Joaquim Silva on the recent UFC Newark card, but underlined that he would have loved to compete on the Abu Dhabi card had it taken place earlier in the year.
“When they told me [UFC 242] was in September it was too long [to wait], my last fight was the end of October, my next fight was supposed to be in March but a small injury forced me out and I was waiting for a fight,” Haqparast told MMA Fighting’s Eurobash podcast.