The circumstances that brought Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov together at UFC 223 may not have been ideal, but there’s no denying the quality of the fight itself.
Judging solely on résumé, it is hard to dispute that Ferguson and Nurmagomedov are the two best lightweight fighters in the world. Ferguson, the current UFC interim lightweight champion, has won 10 consecutive fights, an unprecedented run of success inside the UFC’s deepest division. Nurmagomedov, likewise, is an undefeated 9-0 inside the Octagon. Both men represent the very best the 155-pound weight class have to offer, and Ferguson is promising fireworks on April 7 for UFC 223 in Brooklyn.