{"id":225916,"date":"2017-03-03T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=225916"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:12:56","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedova-camp-issues-statement-on-ufc-209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedova-camp-issues-statement-on-ufc-209\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING! Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s camp issues statement on UFC 209"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday afternoon, just hours before the fighter&#8217;s stepped onto the scale for UFC 209, news surfaced that co-main event fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/khabib-nurmagomedov-reportedly-taken-hospital\/\">Khabib Nurmagomedov had been taken to the hospital<\/a> and subsequently forced out of his interim lightweight title fight with Tony Ferguson. While Nurmagomedov&#8217;s teammates confirmed that &#8216;The Eagle&#8217; was hospitalized,  details remained scarce regarding the situation. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/khabib-sad.png\" alt=\"Khabib Nurmagomedov\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-205510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/khabib-sad.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/khabib-sad-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/khabib-sad-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/khabib-sad-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now however, Nurmagomedov&#8217;s manager has issued a statement on his fighter&#8217;s withdrawal to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/3\/3\/14805204\/khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-canceled-day-before-ufc-209\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI feel bad for Tony and his camp, I really do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing right now is Khabib&#8217;s health. He&#8217;s currently resting in his room. We&#8217;re not thinking about what&#8217;s next at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to sincerely apologize to Tony, his team, the UFC and the fans. We were all looking forward to this fight very much.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates as they become available! <\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/BJPENN.com\">BJPENN.com<\/a> on 3\/3\/2017. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday afternoon, just hours before the fighter&#8217;s stepped onto the scale for UFC 209, news surfaced that co-main event fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov had been taken to the hospital and subsequently forced out of his interim lightweight title fight with Tony Ferguson. While Nurmagomedov&#8217;s teammates confirmed that &#8216;The Eagle&#8217; was hospitalized, details remained scarce regarding the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":213211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10114],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING! 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