The second time, in 2016, it wasn’t ‘The Eagle’ but Ferguson who had to pull out of the fight due to blood and fluid in his lungs. After that, at UFC 209, Nurmagomedov famously missed weight.

Former lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov sends an uplifting message to 40-year-old Tony Ferguson at UFC Abu Dhabi.

Khabib vs. Ferguson considered the UFC’s biggest ‘what if’ fight. During a pre-UFC 223 media obligation, Ferguson tripped on a wire and suffered a significant leg injury just days before the ...