“It doesn’t always work out as you plan. Unfortunately, at UFC 249 I will be present only as a fan of our brothers. We waited a long time for one of the top 5 rivals to agree to the fight, but in the end, everyone had reasons not to go to the fight on April 18, ”Magomedsharipov wrote in his Instagram.
He noted that he had proposals to hold a duel with fighters from the bottom of the top 15 rating
“But the team and I considered such a fight inappropriate,” the fighter added.
The main fight at the UFC 249 tournament, which will be held on April 18, will be the title fight between the current lightweight champion Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov and American Tony Ferguson.
Earlier, Magomedsharipov announced his desire to win the league title.