Reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov hasn’t fought or defended his title in almost a year year, which has led some analysts to question Khabib’s conditioning ahead of his UFC 242 title unification bout with Dustin Poirier.
Chael Sonnen believes ring rust, amongst other factors, could signal the end of Nurmagomedov’s title reign at UFC 242 but Poirier is expecting the undefeated Dagestani to be in the best shape of his career on Saturday.
“I think that’s more of an individual thing,” Poirier said of ring rust during a UFC 242 conference call (h/t Nathan Zur of Sherdog.