UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in an interview with , he admitted that Khabib Nurmagomedov planned to attend the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, but will miss the match due to the Makhachev fight.
At the UFC 302 tournament in Newark, which will take place on June 1, Makhachev will defend his belt in a fight with 35-year-old American Dustin Poirier, Nurmagomedov will be the Russian’s second. For Makhachev, the fight will be the third defense of the UFC lightweight championship belt. The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will take place on Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London.
— A few hours before your fight, the Champions League final will begin. Are you going to watch it?
– Well, maybe I will watch it, because all the boys here love football, they will definitely watch it. Yes, and I also like football, especially the big matches. Khabib once said in training camp: “Because of your fight, I will not enter the Champions League. » He planned to go there for the final. And I told him: “The Champions League takes place every year, but the Makhachev-Poirier fight is once in a lifetime.”
— Who is more likely to win in their confrontation: Poirier in the match with you or Borussia in the match with Real?
— What, they don’t give Borussia a chance? I think they have a 50/50 chance there,” Makhachev told .
In 2019, Poirier lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov by third-round choke.
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