Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Since weight-cut-related complications kept Khabib Nurmagomedov out of a third attempted booking with Tony Ferguson , the current interim champ has repeatedly employed jokes aimed to poke fun at his would-be opponent’s weight. The star of the jokes is habitually tiramisu, in a reference to pre-fight footage that showed Nurmagomedov with his friends in a restaurant, where he ordered three servings of tiramisu. It is not clear, by the footage, whether Nurmagomedov actually ate it. Ferguson (24-3 MMA, 14-1 UFC) is not the one fighting him next, but he’s so committed to the gimmick that he launched a poll doubting that Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will make weight for his UFC 219 meeting with Edson Barboza (19-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC)

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Coach Javier Mendez addresses Nurmagomedov’s weight cuts and that ‘tiramisu bull(expletive)’ – MMA Junkie

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