According to ESPN, the battle will take place on April 18, 2020 in Brooklyn in New York.
It is noted that Nurmagomedov signed an agreement on the fight a week ago.
On the night of September 7-8, at the UFC 242 tournament in Abu Dhabi, Nurmagomedov defeated Dustin Porye with a strangulation in the third round and defended his UFC lightweight champion title for the second time in his career. Ferguson defeated Donald Cerrone in his last bout by technical knockout.
Nurmagomedov has 28 victories and not a single defeat in MMA. Ferguson has 25 fights won with three failures.
Earlier, the UFC fighter said, due to which Ferguson can defeat Nurmagomedov.