“A couple days ago, he sent message, ‘hey, people, please take care of your family, be safe, stay home, government says stay home,’” Nurmagomedov told ESPN. “Now he talk ‘I’m in good shape blah blah blah I’m gonna fight.’ This is fake. For me, it’s fake. I was always real. Maybe someone like, maybe someone don’t like, but this is not my job. But I was always real. But this guy’s fake.”

The promotion has yet to secure a city or venue for UFC 249.

As far as the coronavirus, the world has seen 1,039,922 infected and 55,170 dead, with no signs of slowing down in the immediate future.

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