Khabib Nurmagomedov has spent time in the Octagon with both of the main components of the UFC 264 headliner, but the former lightweight champion had a clear rooting interest on Saturday night.
The trilogy bout between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor ended abruptly when the Irish star suffered an injury while throwing a punch in the waning seconds of Round 1. With McGregor’s leg twisted at an awkward angle, the fight was waved off before the second round, giving Poirier an anticlimactic technical knockout victory. To add insult to injury, McGregor had to be taken from the Octagon on a stretcher.