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To no one’s surprise, days later we’re still talking about UFC 229 and the ensuing fallout from the post-fight brawl following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s successful lightweight title defense against Conor McGregor. It’s not unusual for a story of this sort of significance to overshadow an upcoming fight card. Unfortunately for Bellator MMA in this case, the Nurmagomedov drama casts a long shadow over not one but two events.