{"id":299982,"date":"2019-01-29T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=299982"},"modified":"2019-01-29T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:11:02","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-done-fighting-in-nevada-following-nac-punishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-done-fighting-in-nevada-following-nac-punishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov &#8216;done&#8217; fighting in Nevada following NAC punishments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tuesday morning we found out that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov won&#8217;t be eligible to return to action <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-receives-fine-suspension-at-nac-hearing\/\">until April at the earliest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, upon his return, it doesn&#8217;t seem like he&#8217;ll be accepting any fights that are set to take place in the state of Nevada, w<g class=\"gr_ gr_47 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"47\" data-gr-id=\"47\">hich<\/g> is the state that punished him following his last bout in October 2018 at UFC 229 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nurmagomedov&#8217;s manager Ali Abdelaziz via ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani, the undefeated lightweight king eyes a return in November at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SportsCenter<\/a>: Khabib Nurmagomedov is \u201cdone\u201d fighting in NV due to the one-year suspension they handed his teammates today, his mgr Ali Abdelaziz said. He will also not fight until their suspensions are over and is now targeting a return to action at MSG in Nov.<\/p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1090395554650210304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just reported on @SportsCenter: Khabib Nurmagomedov is \u201cdone\u201d fighting in NV due to the one-year suspension they handed his teammates today, his mgr Ali Abdelaziz said. 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