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KOMPAS.com – The UFC 254 main card between Justin Gaethje challenging Khabib Nurmagomedov will be presented on Saturday (10/24/2020) or Sunday morning WIB.
The hot Khabib vs Gaethje duel will take place in Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Link Live Stream UFC 254 can be accessed via the article link.
The battle between the Russian fighter and the United States representative for the UFC lightweight champion.
Khabib made sure to pass the official body weigh-in session before UFC 254.
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Released by Russian media, TASS, he had to lose 8.5 kilograms in order to fight Gaethje in the lightweight class.
In regret, he also showed his gratitude for being able to escape the weight by rubbing his face with both hands like a person after praying.
“It was a heavy night,” Khabib said after weighing.
“Losing weight is not an easy task,” he explained. BT sport.
However, he has now been declared classified and is ready to fight Justin Gaethje.
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Regardless of the upcoming battle schedule, the fighter nicknamed The Eagle highlighted the atmosphere of an empty seat on Oktagon.
Khabib Nurmagomedov said this was the first time he had experienced fights without the presence of fans.
This situation is in stark contrast to his last fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 242, in Abu Dhabi, where all tickets were sold out.
“When I fought 242 years ago, there were a lot of spectators, fans, coming here, a lot of people from my family, like my father was here,” Khabib told UFC Arabia. MMAmania.com.
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“It was amazing last time in Abu Dhabi when I fought here and now it’s different because without fans.”
“To be honest, I don’t like this energy. I want to fight when the fans come back, but what can we do?” he said again.
The following is the full schedule for UFC 254, as of Saturday (10/24/2020) WIB evening:
Saturday:
22.00 WIB Early Preliminary Card
Middleweight: Nathaniel Wood vs Casey Kenney
Women’s flyweight: Liana Jojua vs Miranda Maverick
Lightweight: Joel Alvarez vs Alexander Yakovlev
23.00 WIB preliminary card
Heavyweight: Stefan Struve vs Tai Tuivasa
Welterweight: Aleix Oliveira vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
Light Heavyweight: Jung Da-un vs Sam Alvey
Sunday (10/25/2020)
01.00 WIB main board
Lightweight: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje
Middleweight: Robert Whittaker vs. Jared Cannonier
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov vs Walt Harris
Middleweight: Jacob Malkoun vs Phillip Hawes
Women’s flyweight: Lauren Murphy vs Liliya Shakirova
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev vs Ion Cutelaba
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