UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has said the respect for his UFC 242 opponent, interim title holder Dustin Poirier, will go out the window in when the two meet in their unification fight in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, RT reports.
The ‘Dagestan Eagle’ defends his title against Poirer, who won the interim lightweight belt with a unanimous decision win against Max Holloway in April, at The Arena on YAS Island. Khabib has already long begun a period of acclimatization, arriving some 20 days before the fight.
In an interview with UFC Russia, the 30-year-old fighter said that striving to make the 155lbs weight division limit may have contributed to the two showing a little more aggression towards each other as the fight approaches.
