Media Dana White expects Justin Gaethje vs Khabib Nurmagomedov on 'Fight Island' this summer

[Frank McEdgar]

-Khabib/Justin on fight Island in July.
-Says Florida is the best state to put on sporting events at the moment.
-Knew fans would enjoy the fights with no crowd
-Lost 5.5 million on the gate at 249
-Testing and additional procedures make events more expensive to put on

 

[FedorRoks]

I've got Khabib here. Looking forward to it if it happens.

 

[Sakurabaism]

Nice. I really wanna see Conor vs. Dustin. Let Tony rest for the remainder of the year.

 

[Stop Being Greedy]

Glad we lost the most anticipated fight in the sport's history because the UFC couldn't wait two fucking months then.

 

[liljuey]

I have a feeling Khabib isn't going to fight again.

 

[Juan Bombadil]

Doubt it

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Assuming that Dana has found a way to get Khabib to the island?

 

[davidlemonparty]

Hmmm Ramadan ends May 23.
End of July is a full 8 week camp.
Bit of time now for planning and contract negotiation, but not much.
July seems unlikely

 

[London MMA]

Everytime I hear fight island I get hyped. It's such a old school kung fu movie idea

 

[London MMA]

Nice to see Conor’s daddy finally telling him No for once.

 

[Max Power]

So that means December then.

 

[cburm]

Fight Khabib ? More like February he almost faught this year already

 

[Dirge]

Lost 5.5 million on the gate? So that would have been net ticket sales?

Venues typically take 50-55% of ticket sales as event hosts.

 

[pick999]

Just strip khabib and Stipe

 

[podsox]

Lost 5.5 million on the gate? So that would have been net ticket sales?

Venues typically take 50-55% of ticket sales as event hosts.

Lost 5.5 mil on the gate but likely doubled the ppv buys if it was normal times

 

[aali14]

Lol at the disregard of Conor's crying for attention to be put in the title picture

 

[TardStrong]

Gaethje is fighting Connor. Dana knows that is the money fight. The winner can fight Khabib in Nov.

I guarantee you Khabib has a bad taste in his mouth from the whole flying to wherever he went still. He will need some time to get over that

 

[MMAudit]

This is the same island he secretly met Fedor on and couldn't come to a deal

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Let's hope the octagon girls are dressed for the island occasion

 

[xhaydenx]

Hmmm Ramadan ends May 23.
End of July is a full 8 week camp.
Bit of time now for planning and contract negotiation, but not much.
July seems unlikely

I thought Khabib said he can fight any time after May 23rd when Ramadan ends.

That said, you're right, end of July seems way too soon, and more so for Gathje. He'll probably need a bit to recover from this last fight.