Khabib Nurmagomedov may have a tenuous history with Tony Ferguson , but that didn’t stop him from giving credit where it was due following the UFC 216 main event. Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) claimed the interim UFC lightweight championship in Saturday’s headliner with a third-round submission of Kevin Lee (16-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC). The victory capped off a 10-fight winning streak for “El Cucuy,” who was supposed to fight Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) for an interim title earlier this year. Over the past several years Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been booked to fight three times, but the matchup has never come to fruition
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Khabib Nurmagomedov to new interim UFC champ Tony Ferguson: ‘You deserve this belt’ – MMA Junkie