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UFC 242 may not have been the most stacked card on paper, but the main event was one for the ages. Defending his Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight strap for the second time, Khabib Nurmagomedov faced interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier in a 155-pound title unification bout, and like many of Nurmagomedov’s opponents before him, Poirier could do nothing to stop the Dagestani’s smothering wrestling and was forced to tap out to a rear-naked choke in the third round.