BROOKLYN – Call him a truth teller, not a trash talker. UFC lightweight title challenger Khabib Nurmagomedov (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) believes he’s just stating facts when he says featherweight champ Max Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) isn’t ready to fight him. “The last nine weeks, I’ve trained hard for a five-round fight,” Nurmagomedov told MMAjunkie at a media day in support of their pay-per-view headliner at UFC 223, which takes place Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. “He didn’t train.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov: Max Holloway has chance at UFC 223 for one round – MMA Junkie