{"id":264252,"date":"2017-11-22T12:07:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264252"},"modified":"2017-11-22T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:07:36","slug":"breaking-khabib-nurmagomedov-claims-agreed-fight-tony-ferguson-ufc-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/breaking-khabib-nurmagomedov-claims-agreed-fight-tony-ferguson-ufc-219\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Khabib Nurmagomedov claims he agreed to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 219"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This December 30, on the main card of UFC 219, undefeated Dagestani lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled to step into the cage with venomous Brazilian striker Edson Barboza.<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, however, Nurmagomedov has also been offered a UFC 219 bout with interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. In a Wednesday afternoon Tweet, Nurmagomedov announced that he&#8217;d been offered this fight with Ferguson, and that he has accepted it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be clear I was offered to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyFergusonXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TonyFergusonXT<\/a> on December 30th and I accepted the fight but my focus is barboza. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamKhabib\/status\/933417415194505216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;To be clear I was offered to fight [Tony Ferguson] on December 30th, Nurmagomedov said in his Tweet. &#8220;I accepted the fight but my focus is Barboza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What this means for Nurmagomedov&#8217;s bout with Barboza is difficult to say. As he says, however, he is currently remaining focused on the Brazilian knockout artist he&#8217;s actually booked to fight. If Ferguson accepts this fight, however, that is likely to change.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stay tuned for more updates on this surprising turn of events as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who do you think wins a possible UFC 219 fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 22\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This December 30, on the main card of UFC 219, undefeated Dagestani lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled to step into the cage with venomous Brazilian striker Edson Barboza. 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