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Khabib still hopeful for Georges St-Pierre fight after facing Tony Ferguson

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s next fight is likely against top contender Tony Ferguson. While nothing has been finalized yet, the undefeated lightweight champion says there is already a 95 percent chance of it happening.

No matter what the result of his fight against “El Cucuy” would be, Khabib is still looking at a possible matchup with Georges St-Pierre.

Khabib’s manager Rizvan Magomedov recently spoke to Fight World Turkey about their plans.

“Our opponent is definitely Tony Ferguson,” Magomedov said (via Middle Easy). “There’s no other name that deserves it. We wanted the GSP fight, but GSP didn’t get along with the UFC.