UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's city of Ulyanovsk.
The champion is now heading to meet Putin at the ‘Russia – Country of Sports’ forum in the city of Ulyanovsk, according to RT.
Footage has appeared online of Nurmagomedov looking suited a booted on a plane heading to Ulyanovsk.
When asked if he was planning to meet Putin at the forum, Nurmagomedov replied: "Yes, that’s why we are flying."
But the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the he knows nothing about Putin's possible meeting with Khabib.
