Tag: Lightweight

UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier believes Justin Gaethje would beat both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson in potential fights.

With Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 looking likely to be cancelled for the fifth time, we looked closer at some of the uncanny similarities between the two.

UFC welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio wants to step in and face Tony Ferguson at UFC 249, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc.

After Khabib Nurmagomedov officially ruled himself out of UFC 249, Tony Ferguson hit out at the UFC lightweight champion.

The PFL women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison discusses her opinions of the open scoring system in MMA and answers some of the criticism.

While Khabib Nurmagomedov looks unlikely to compete at UFC 249 now, his AKA teammate Daniel Cormier has described how good the UFC lightweight champion was looking in training.

Conor McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh opens up on whether he thinks UFC 249 will go ahead and if it does, how will the current circumstances affect Khabib and Tony Ferguson.

Dustin Poirier recalls the moment when he got seriously close to submitting Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight championship.

Artem Lobov thinks Conor McGregor should wait for the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson, instead of fighting Justin Gaethje.

Justin Gaethje is confident that he will fight Conor McGregor next. Stating that there will be no doubt that the winner will deserve to fight for the UFC lightweight title next.

Daniel Cormier opens up on the challenges Khabib Nurmagomedov is having preparing for Tony Ferguson at UFC 249. And discusses the possibility of the UFC making Khabib vs Conor McGregor.

Ben Askren talks about a simple way the UFC could broadcast Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson, and explains why this matchup is so awesome.

Jorge Masvidal has bombing his way to the top of the UFC’s welterweight division but ‘Gamebred’ says a return to lightweight isn’t out of the question.

Dana White, Javier Mendez and Ali Abdelaziz discuss Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson at UFC 249, which currently is still scheduled to go ahead.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has stated that the UFC lightweight division needs his title fight with Tony Ferguson to go ahead at UFC 249 on April 18th. Meanwhile, his dad has an interesting prediction.

Coach Owen Roddy has given an update on when Conor McGregor is likely to return and who the opponent will be.

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov opens up on why he doesn’t like to compete during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Justin Gaethje has said that he will go to war with Dana White and the UFC if Conor McGregor skips the line and gets the next title shot.

Eddie Alvarez breaks down the UFC 249 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. And explains why he would beat the current UFC lightweight champion.

Following his five round war against Dan Hooker in the UFC Auckland main event, Paul Felder has detailed the long list of injuries he suffered in that fight.

Dan Hardy has broken down Conor McGregor vs Justin Gaethje, which is speculated to go down in the summer. Although Nate Diaz may have other ideas.

Paul Felder has dismissed any retirement talk. And laid out his future plans in the UFC lightweight division.

Could we see Conor McGregor vs Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier vs Dan Hooker go down this summer?

AKA Head Coach Javier Mendez has opened up on his thoughts on potential rematches between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, and Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic.

Ahead of his UFC Auckland main event against Dan Hooker, Paul Felder has said that he would love to fight Conor McGregor.

Dustin Poirier trades blows with Al Iaquinta, talks Nate Diaz, predicts Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 and names one man he thinks can give Khabib problems.

Conor McGregor’s manager Audie Attar has given his thought on what weight divisions we could see his man fight in this year.

After beating the ‘legend’ Eduard Folayang at ONE: Fire And Fury, Pieter Buist wants to challenge the ONE lightewight champion Christian Lee next.

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje’s manager Ali Abdelaziz believes that Conor McGregor needs to beat Gaethje, if he wants to earn a title shot.

Following his split decision loss to Pieter Buist at ONE: Fire And Fury, Team Lakay’s Eduard Folayang vowed to bounce back.