1:25 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Staff Writer Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Khabib Nurmagomedov will put his UFC lightweight title and undefeated record on the line in the main event of UFC 242 today. Nurmagomedov, the undisputed champion, and interim champion Dustin Poirier will unify the UFC’s lightweight titles. The locale is Abu
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Sep 4, 2019 One of the biggest mixed martial arts fights of 2019 is set. Nate Diaz versus Jorge Masvidal will happen at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Saturday. The welterweight fight will headline the event. “It is the
4:02 PM ET Coming into 2019, the idea of seeing Khabib Nurmagomedov, the UFC’s undefeated Muslim champion, headline a major event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, would not have seemed far-fetched. Picturing Dustin Poirier as the man standing across from him, however, would have been much harder to envision. It’s not that Poirier (25-5)
1:37 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim titleholder Dustin Poirier each made weight on Friday ahead of their 155-pound unification clash at UFC 242. Nurmagomedov (27-0) was the first fighter on the scale at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Friday morning, local time, and weighed in
Sep 5, 2019 Saturday is a busy day in the MMA world. UFC 242 (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+) and its lightweight title headliner between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier is getting the bulk of the attention. But Bellator has a compelling card Saturday night in San Jose, California, that won’t actually go head-to-head in terms
12:56 PM ET KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV WAS walking through an airport in Dagestan seven years ago, on his way to catch a flight to the United States for his UFC debut, when he noticed a store selling unique souvenirs. It was January 2012 and Nurmagomedov was about to board a flight from his homeland to Nashville,
7:25 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — It appears that BJ Penn‘s UFC tenure has finally come to an end. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Thursday he will not offer the 40-year-old legend another bout in the Octagon, on the heels of two videos that were released of Penn fighting on
Sep 4, 2019 KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV WAS walking through an airport in Dagestan seven years ago, on his way to catch a flight to the United States for his UFC debut, when he noticed a store selling unique souvenirs. It was January 2012 and Nurmagomedov was about to board a flight from his homeland to Nashville,
Sep 3, 2019 In the main event of Saturday’s UFC 242, Khabib Nurmagomedov will face Dustin Poirier with the lightweight title on the line. The 30-year-old Nurmagomedov — the sport’s dominant force, who is undefeated and unchallenged thus far in his career — hasn’t fought since defeating former champion Conor McGregor in October. UFC 242
3:39 PM ET On April 7, 2018, the night he became UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov offered a clear message that the shenanigans that had plagued the 155-pound division for nearly two years were over. “I told you guys I’m gonna change this game,” Nurmagomedov said after beating Al Iaquinta to win the vacant belt.