One of the greatest “what ifs” of this century — particularly in the realm of combat sports — is that of the failed contest booking between a prime Tony Ferguson and a prime Khabib Nurmagomedov . Scheduled and scrapped five separate times, the matchup became more legend than reality, leaving fans utterly disappointed and frustrated with each fallout. The bout seemed cursed from the beginning, with both fighters withdrawing for one reason or another, with the final nail in the coffin being hammered by the 2020 pandemic.

Five years have elapsed since the last time the UFC tried to get this bout done. Now, neither fighter is in the UFC — ‘El Cucuy’ tried to walk his way back to title contention, only to amass an eight-fight losing streak (after a 12-fight winning streak), while ‘The Ea

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