{"id":225973,"date":"2017-03-03T23:23:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T07:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=225973"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:12:17","slug":"dana-white-blames-khabib-nurmagomedovs-team-says-fight-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-blames-khabib-nurmagomedovs-team-says-fight-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White blames Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team, says fight could have been saved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday afternoon, unfortunate news surfaced that UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov had been taken to the hospital<\/a>. This report was promptly followed by another one which revealed that Khabib had been pulled from the fight.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, with Nurmagomedov off the card, the UFC opted to also pull Tony Ferguson from the card<\/a>, leaving fight fans with no co-main event. Since then, the promotion announced that Lando Vannata vs. David Teymur had been promoted to the co-main event.<\/p>\n

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During Friday’s UFC 209 ceremonial weigh-in, UFC President Dana White placed the blame on Nurmagomedov’s team, who he believes when “rouge”.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, his team had decided to take him to just some random hospital here in Las Vegas instead of picking up the phone and calling our doctor and calling Brianna [Mattison], who runs all the medicals,\u201d said White earlier tonight (Fri., Mar. 3, 2017) during UFC 209\u2019s weigh-in show. \u201cThey went rogue and went out and did their own thing. Had they done this thing the right way, the fight probably could have been saved.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In regards to how Nurmagomedov is doing health-wise, White stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never good,\u201d added White. \u201cIf you\u2019re doing it and things are going bad, it\u2019s bad on your kidneys, it\u2019s bad on your liver. It\u2019s just bad all the way around. He\u2019s doing better now. Obviously, he\u2019s OK. He\u2019s gonna be fine. But yeah. It\u2019s never good.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since being pulled from the fight, Nurmagomedov’s team released a statement on their fighter’s withdrawal, saying:<\/p>\n

\"Khabib<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing right now is Khabib\u2019s health. He\u2019s currently resting in his room. We\u2019re not thinking about what\u2019s next at this time.<\/p>\n

\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<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/3\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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