The fight between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje will take place Oct. 24.
Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has paused much of the sports world, and when the UFC did return, Nurmagomedov, a Muslim, was still observing Ramadan, which meant fasting and little MMA training. Ramadan ended May 23.
That same month, Nurmagomedov's father, Abdulmanap, was hospitalized in Moscow after heart surgery for a preexisting condition further complicated by COVID-19. He died July 3. "It's been very rough on him," White said of Nurmagomedov."Everybody is close to their parents and everything, but his father was a hero to him. He loved his father. They had a very close relationship, and it was very hard on him."
Gaethje , who is 31 and fights out of Colorado, earned the interim belt and title shot with a fifth-round TKO of
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