Khabib Nurmagomedov is a beast in the UFC’s lightweight division, so much so that he’s had trouble getting Top 5 fighters to match up against. Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone called him out before his Wednesday TKO victory and Nurmagomedov was so excited that he went straight to the gym to train. Unfortunately fate had a different agenda.
“That fight was done,” said UFC President Dana White. “(UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva sent the email out, and 20 minutes later, (Nurmagomedov) went into the gym and blew his knee out. Twenty minutes. So that fight’s off.”
The Nurmagomedov vs Cerrone fight was scheduled to take place at UFC 178 in September and now it seems as though ‘Cowboy’ will need to find a new opponent.