Tony Ferguson gives classy response to Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC 209 withdrawal

There has been no love lost between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov in the build up to UFC 209.

However, Ferguson showed nothing but class after news broke that Nurmagomedov was out of their scheduled interim UFC lightweight title fight.

During today’s official UFC 209 weigh-ins talk began to circulate that Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) has been hospitalized due to a poor weight cut and would be unable to compete against Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) at Saturday’s event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Nurmagomedov’s withdrawl was made official just as the two-hour weigh-in window came to a close, marking the third time in 15 months that a matchup between the pair has been called off.

Although Ferguson has had no hesitation throwing harsh words in Nurmagomedov’s direction in the lead up toward their multiple schedule fights, that wasn’t the case after the latest occurrence when Ferguson posted on his Twitter account.

There have been no further developments about Nurmagomedov’s condition following the unfortunate news and it’s unknown whether the UFC will attempt to book the fight again in the future.

UFC 209 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following preliminary bouts on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC 209, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.