FILE PHOTO: Russian mixed martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov attends a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Makhachkala, Russia September 12, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
(Reuters) - UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov says his fight against American Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 is off as he is in quarantine in Russia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Dagestan native Nurmagomedov was scheduled to face Ferguson on April 18 at the Barclays Center in New York but the venue had already been ruled out because of the virus outbreak.
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