Khabib Nurmagomedov has fought some of the toughest battles of his career inside the locker room, as the former UFC lightweight champion has always struggled to make the cut to 155 pounds.
Khabib was once hospitalized prior to his lightweight bout with Tony Ferguson at UFC 209, which saw ‘The Eagle’ forced to withdraw from the contest after almost dying backstage at the T-Mobile Arena.
“The doctor say, ‘you cannot fight. You almost die. How you fight? How you can fight if you almost die? ... No way. We say no fight, 100 percent. No make weight.