Khabib Nurmagomedov wants to face Tony Ferguson on April 18 but he just doesn’t see a logical way to make the fight happen given the current problems plaguing UFC 249.
The undisputed UFC lightweight champion has been training for several months in anticipation of his long awaited showdown with Ferguson but the coronavirus pandemic has thrown everything surrounding the fight into upheaval.
The original location for the fight — the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. — was ruled out a few weeks ago. UFC president Dana White has promised a new location and venue will be secured in time for the fight but with just over two weeks left to go until the event is supposed to take place, it’s making it really hard for Nurmagomedov to see a way this card moves forward as scheduled.