According to White on Instagram, a fight contract has been signed and athletes will compete for the title of interim UFC lightweight champion.
At the same time, the head of the promotion did not specify exactly where the fight will take place.
On April 1, Nurmagomedov announced that the title match with Ferguson, which was scheduled to take place on April 18 in New York as part of the main event of the UFC 249 tournament, was canceled because he could not fly away from Russia due to quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On April 6, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Nurmagomedov would not be able to take part in the tournament. Thus, the battle of the Russian with Ferguson is canceled for the fifth time since 2015.
Earlier, UFC fighter Dan Hooker responded to Ferguson’s offer to strip Nurmagomedov’s title.