The debut of the next Nurmagomedov will have to wait.
Umar Nurmagomedov—the cousin and teammate of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov—has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bantamweight bout with Sergey Morozov at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi this coming Saturday.
The news was first reported by TASS, and later confirmed by Khabib who wrote on Instagram that Umar is suffering from a fever brought on by a staph infection.
This is the third time that Umar Nurmagomedov has seen his octagon debut delayed.