Khabib Nurmagomedov’s nutritionist knows it would take a lot to successfully cut down to 145 pounds, but he thinks the lightweight contender could do it.
Tyler Minton, who started working with Nurmagomedov ahead of the Russian’s planned fight against Edson Barboza at UFC 219 on Saturday, did an interview with MMAFighting.com’s Shaun Al-Shatti prior to Friday’s weigh-ins. The interview followed Nurmagomedov’s shocking claim of him considering a future drop to the featherweight division. Of course, Nurmagomedov has had weight-cutting issues in the past — in March, he was forced out of an interim lightweight title fight against Tony Ferguson after failing to weigh in.