Since his sudden pullout from his scheduled interim title fight against Tony Ferguson at UFC 209 last March, Khabib Nurmagomedov has been hounded by criticisms from disappointed fans, and rightfully so. But Khabib himself has been confident about his weight entering his UFC 219 fight against Edson Barboza.
"Now, my weight is good. Three weeks out, I will lose 3 or 4 pounds,” Khabib said in his recent update on his weight. “Two weeks, another 4 pounds. The last week, I'm going to cut, like, 13 pounds.