This past month UFC officials announced what would be at stake in the UFC 223 headliner between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov : the UFC’s undisputed 155-pound title. That would be simple enough if it weren’t for one detail: The UFC’s lightweight division already has an undisputed champ in Conor McGregor . So when UFC President Dana White said at this time that McGregor would not be stripped of the belt , it got a little trickier.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager: Why UFC 223′s confusing title stakes actually make sense – MMA Junkie