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Dustin Poirier could barely contain his excitement ahead of his UFC 242 lightweight title bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov in Abu Dhabi.  The event as a whole certainly has a special feel to it, not only due to the return of the lightweight champion and his emergence as a global superstar. Though favoured to hand Dustin Poirier his first defeat since …

Dana White has made it clear that Conor McGregor will not be taking on the winner of UFC 242’s lightweight title showdown between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.  And in truth, no matter where you stand as far as the Irishman is concerned, the news that he will be forced to fight at least once more before stepping into a …

Dustin Poirier has plans to drag the undisputed king of the lightweight division Khabib Nurmagomedov into deep waters when the octagon doors close at UFC 242. Poirier will attempt to do what twenty-seven men to date could not in finding a way to defeat the Russian, a tall task but one he is no doubt confident in figuring out on …

Khabib Nurmagomedov believes that he possesses the tool necessary to crack the riddle that is Tony Ferguson and hand him his first loss since 2012.  Not to say Khabib isn’t a riddle in his own right. At 27-0, he holds the longest active win-streak in major MMA competition and with his last victory – a crushing domination of the former …

Donald Cerrone has made an interesting prediction for the UFC 242 lightweight title-clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.  Cowboy is gearing up for a fight that could well be the most important of his career to date, a lightweight title eliminator against a seemingly unstoppable force, in Tony Ferguson, who would represent the biggest win of his career if …

Dana White has offered something of a promising update on a future of the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, Conor McGregor. Despite the existence of those who are still in denial about our chances of seeing him in action again, it’s looking increasingly likely that the Irishman’s next outing will take place this winter. As of right now, judging …

The UFC have confirmed that the next defence of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s lightweight title will come against Dustin Poirier at UFC 242. It had been expected that The Diamond would be next in-line for the lightweight champ following his UFC 236 victory over Max Holloway to win the interim-belt. Now, according to the official Twitter account of the UFC, that fight …

Max Holloway has given his thoughts on his UFC 236 showdown against Dustin Poirier and where it leaves him with the 155lbs title-picture. Not that he seems to think that it puts him within touching distance of the champ, Khabib Nurmagomedov, but if the Hawaiian were to leave his own division behind him, it wouldn’t be too much of a …

The UFC interim-lightweight champion is picking Donald Cerrone to spring the upset on the streaking contender Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 next month. The UFC 238 main-card clash featuring this two in-form 155lb-r’s caught practically everyone off-guard upon its unveiling. Cerrone, who was less than a week removed from his UFC Ottawa clash with Al Iaquinta, has been known as …

Ali Abdelaziz has offered praise to his fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov’s next opponent Dustin Poirier, but gave him little chance of upsetting the champ. As of right now, nothing has been made official, but by the looks of things, Poirier is the man who will likely attempt to hand the undefeated Russian his first loss. UFC 242 will be the likely …

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach at AKA, Javier Mendez, has ranked the four fighters he considers to be the biggest threats to his fighter at present. Not seen in action since his dominant display against the former divisional champion Conor McGregor back at UFC 229, it does appear as though Nurmagomedov will make his return to the octagon this year. Injuries stunted …

UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier began the ESPN era of the world’s premier mixed martial arts promotion with a shockingly low pay-per-view buy-rate. All things considered, the show will live long in the memory as a result of the pair of soon-to-be-legendary showdowns in the night’s main and co-main events. Israel Adesanya’s five-round war with the former TUF winner Kelvin …

Robert Whittaker has called on the UFC to book his middleweight title unification showdown with Israel Adesanya as a co-main event to Khabib’s return. Earlier today we brought you some clues that would indicate that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is preparing to headline a showdown in Abu Dhabi in September. It would make sense, given the extremely high level …

Khabib Nurmagomedov is edging closer to the return to the UFC octagon in September, with a matchup in Abu Dhabi at UFC 242 seemingly on the cards. While nothing has been yet made official, everything from The Eagle’s current timeline to the UFC’s decision to host a PPV event in Abu Dhabi on September 7 seems to indicate that Dana …

Khabib Nurmagomedov gave his thoughts on his division’s top contender, Dustin Poirier, a man who won his interim-title in highly impressive fashion last weekend. Khabib was in attendance at UFC St Petersburg in support of his friend and teammate Islam Mackhachev – who came out on top in a thrilling showdown against promotional debutant Arman Tsarukyan in the night’s co-main …