Tony Ferguson isn’t buying Khabib Nurmagomedov ’s reason about his circumstantial fallout from UFC 249. On Wednesday, the UFC lightweight champion confirmed that he’s out of the April 18 event because of a travel ban in Russia, where Nurmagomedov currently is on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. To Ferguson, Nurmagomedov had the opportunity to fly back to the U.S., where he originally was stationed at American Kickboxing Academy before California was issued a stay-at-home order last month
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Tony Ferguson: Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘bailed out’ on UFC 249 title fight – MMA Junkie