UFC lightweight champion from Russia Habib Nurmagomedov will hold his next fight with Dustin Porier from USA on September 7 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), the press service of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) reports.
The minimum ticket price for a UFC 242 Abu Dhabi bout is 250 dirhams.
Habib Nurmagomedov has already begun to prepare to defend his champion title. During his sports career in mixed martial arts Nurmagomedov did not lose a single fight. In one of the most important for him fights - October 7, 2018 with Conor McGregor from from Ireland, Habib won an unconditional victory, winning a strangulation in the fourth round.
Dustin Porier defeated American Max Holloway in April 2019 and won the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Earlier it was reported that Nurmagomedov plans to visit Turkmenistan. In his interviews, the athlete mentioned that his father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov served in Turkmenistan and told him a lot about this country, which left a lot of bright memories. In March, Habib Nurmagomedov met with the free-style wrestling team of Turkmenistan, in the course of which he wished success to the team of Turkmenistan in competitions on the Asian continent.
