Khabib Nurmagomedov ima jednu borbu pre sobom i to ovog vikenda na UFC219 u Las Vegasu i prelepoj T-Mobile areni protiv Edsona Barboze. Svima je poznato da je Khabib morao da otkaze svoju poslednju bórbu protiv Tonya Fergusona samo dan pre same borbe jer nije uspeo da skine kilograme, umesto da se pojavi na vagi Khabib se otišao u bolnicu.
Međutim sada kaze Khabib da mu skidanje kilograma ide odlično i da bi mu sledeća borba mogla biti u perolakoj kategoriji, izjava Khabiba:




I feel great. My weight is very good. To be honest, I am thinking about next fight maybe I am going to 145. We are thinking about this. I am focused on Barboza, but we’ll see — maybe 145. We gonna see, with my team, we gonna see first how I feel Friday morning. We’ll see. We’re gonna make weight.Maybe I’m gonna take 155 belt and then fight for the belt — champion vs. champion, 145. I think I can make this weight — 145 — too.