{"id":245135,"date":"2017-07-24T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=245135"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:53:31","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-turns-offer-fight-tony-ferguson-ufc-216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-turns-offer-fight-tony-ferguson-ufc-216\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov turns down offer to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 216"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov will not be fighting Tony Ferguson at October&#8217;s UFC 216 event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>TSN Sports Aaron Bronsteter tweeted out the following information earlier today explaining that the Russian sensation was offered an interim lightweight title fight with Tony Ferguson at UFC 216, but ultimately turned it down so that he could have more time to prepare.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Khabib tells @Denis26rt he was offered Ferguson for the interim title at UFC 216, but wanted more time to prepare. Wants to fight at UFC 217.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Khabib tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Denis26rt\">@Denis26rt<\/a> he was offered Ferguson for the interim title at UFC 216, but wanted more time to prepare. Wants to fight at UFC 217 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e3lnKfevjF\">https:\/\/t.co\/e3lnKfevjF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/889581362117824521\">July 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/sport\/397376-khabib-nurmagomedov-next-fight-ferguson\/\">RT.com<\/a>, Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed that he is aiming to fight Tony Ferguson on November 4 in New York, this after turning down an offer to fight &#8220;El Cucuy&#8221; at UFC 216 on October 7.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That\u2019s the date I asked UFC for. First they offered me a fight on October 7 (UFC 216), but I couldn\u2019t accept it. I want to prepare well and I don\u2019t want to put my body at risk. I don\u2019t want to make the same mistake and push my body. I had to take care of my health, something I\u2019ve been doing in the last four months. And now I need at least 100 days of hard work to get back in fighting shape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Eagle&#8221; continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Now I\u2019m training at 100 percent capacity already. All my media activity is over and I\u2019m going straight to Dagestan for a training camp for a month or a month and a half. Then I\u2019ll go to train in the States for about two months, so I\u2019ll be able to perform at the end of the fall. 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