UFC 219 has just had a very exciting fight added to it’s line up as Khabib Nurmagedov will be facing Edson Barboza for this lightweight match up on December 30th in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,USA.
For a while the lightweight title fight and number one contender spot was up in the air with no certainty about whether Conor McGregor would be fighting Tony Ferguson or Nate Diaz on his return to the Octagon. Now that the pendulum seems to have swung towards a Conor Vs Tony match up, Khabib seems to have given up hope fighting Tony and has accepted the fight against Edson Barboza, one of the most exciting lightweights in the UFC who is 6-2 in his last 8 fights with losses against Tony Fergusn and Michael Johnson.