Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Rumors of a planned interim lightweight title bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson were true, UFC President Dana White said. However, Ferguson’s pay demands brought the plan to a halt. White spoke to the media during today’s UFC 207 media day and said that, while talk of the fight taking place in Russia was misguided, the talk of the bout between Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) was entirely in line with the UFC’s plans. “Yes, that’s true,” White told MMAjunkie. “We were trying to make that fight. Tony said he will not do that fight unless he makes the same exact money that Khabib makes
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