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Nurmagomedov Eyes September Return Amid Uncertainty Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic

In an ideal world, Khabib Nurmagomedov would like to return to active competition by September.

But like the rest of society, the UFC lightweight champion is hindered by the uncertainty brought by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nurmagomedov acknowledged that his timeline is tentative in an Instagram post on Sunday.

“But September is not so far away, even though it’s hard to believe that everything will end by September,” he wrote (text translated via Google Translate). “But still one serious person said that in peacetime it is necessary to prepare for war. How are your days going?