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Published 15:09 16 Jan 2021 GMT
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Since then, Nurmagomedov easily dealt with title defences against Dustin Poirier and Gaethje before vowing he wanted to walk away from the sport.
But White dangling a St-Pierre fight in front of him, to reach 30-0 if successful, could yet turn his head. The Canadian has stated, though, that the UFC needs to pay him properly if he were to return.
And, since White made those GSP comments, his meeting with Nurmagomedov has taken place. On what arose in the get-together, we will have to wait a while to get the full story. White took to his social media accounts to tease a big announcement on 'The Eagle' and the lightweight division.
"I met with Khabib Nurmagomedov last night," he stated, "and today at 3pm Eastern Time (8pm GMT), on ABC, I'm going to talk about his decision, and how it is going to impact the Poirier-McGregor fight, next weekend, and the co-main event in the lightweight division."
https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1350413174277812224
By mentioning the co-main event of UFC 257 - between Dan Hooker and Michael Chandler - White appears to have tipped his hat on how next weekend will play out.
Were Nurmagomedov returning to defend his belt, White would have had no need to mention the Hooker-Chandler fight as McGregor and Poirier are higher ranked fighters and would be next in line for the champion.
It looks as though Nurmagomedov will either be relinquishing his belt to either retire, full-stop, or to take on St-Pierre in a catchweight bout. That would mean the winners of Poirier-McGregor and Hooker-Chandler would face off, later this year, for the belt vacated by Nurmagomedov.
All will soon be revealed, but 2021 looks to be a year of high-stakes lightweight action.
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