Khabib Nurmagomedov unified the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title...
ABU DHABI - Khabib Nurmagomedov unified the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title with a third-round submission win over interim champion Dustin Poirier in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
The titles were unified with UFC having two lightweight champions. Poirier became interim champion in April due to holder Nurmagomedov being suspended. “MMA is not about trash talking, this is what we show with Dustin Poirier and his great team,” he said.Among those in attendance was Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov who sat ringside with UAE minister and Abu Dhabi ruling family member Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan.
Nurmagomedov and Poirier both said ahead of the fight they expected Tony Ferguson would be next in line for a shot at the lightweight title.
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