This was announced by the well-known sports columnist Ariel Helwani, specifying that according to his information, the fight is in development. However, a few days earlier, Umar Nurmagomedov announced that he had already received the fight, and Khabib Nurmagomedov announced that his relative would enter the octagon as a headliner.
27-year-old Umar Nurmagomedov is on a four-fight streak in the UFC, knocking out Raoni Barcelos in the last fight in the first round, and is ranked eleventh in the organization’s bantamweight division.
31-year-old Corey Sandhagen won two fights in a row, defeating Song Yadong by TKO and winning a split decision against Marlon Vera. Prior to that, the American fighter lost decisions to TJ Dillashaw and Peter Yan.