Khabib Nurmagomedov var planerad att möta Tony Ferguson under UFC 209, men blev tvungen till att hoppa av matchen då han fick problem med viktnedgången. Nu meddelar Nurmagomedovs träningspartner Luke Rockhold att han tror Khabib är redo att boka om mötet, och detta hade han att säga via ”Submission Radio”:
(It’s) unfortunate. That was the fight I was really looking forward to for Khabib and it’s been a long time working with that man and I know he’s put in the time and the effort and deserved it, so it just sucks.
From what I understand he wasn’t getting any blood to his liver and something went wrong with the weight cut. It was very similar to his last fight from what I understand and just something went wrong. You never know with these weight cuts I guess. But I think he’s ready to go and we can re-book that thing.
I don’t think it should take much time. I think he’s hungry, I think he’s ready. What other choice do you have? Khabib is undefeated, he’s beaten everybody, he’s done more than anybody. You can’t take that fight away, you can’t take the title away. It just needs to be re-booked. I think it should be re-booked as soon as possible.
Om det bokas in ytterligare en match mellan de båda kämparna, återstår därmed att se.
