The much-anticipated UFC lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson looks set to fall by the wayside for a fifth time. UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) appeared on Instagram Live Monday to explain his situation, as he revealed that he is currently stuck in his native Dagestan after plans to travel to the United Arab Emirates for UFC 249 hit travel restriction issues. Now the Russian is back home under a national travel lockdown, and revealed that the UFC was considering moving ahead with the event without him. “We were training at AKA without any information regarding the fight, where and how is it going to happen,” he said (via RT Sport translation). “Then the UFC told us that the fight 100% isn’t happening in the States
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