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\u201cI mean, the only fight [in the UFC] I\u2019d wanna be able to do would be either Conor (McGregor), or \u2018Khabiber\u2019 (Khabib Nurmagomedov),\u201d Ferguson said. “You know? When he\u2019s done with his world tour.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been linked throughout UFC lightweight history since the mid-2010s, as their final attempted booking to fight one another was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It was the closest Ferguson would come to actually fighting Nurmagomedov to determine a rightful champion. Nurmagomedov wound up beating Justin Gaethje in Oct. 2020 after Gaethje became the interim lightweight champion against Ferguson just five months earlier.<\/p>\n
Nurmagomedov would eventually retire shortly following the Gaethje win, concluding his MMA career at 29-0. Meanwhile, it was the beginning of a long, continuous drought for Ferguson, leading to his eventual UFC release.<\/p>\n
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