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Yes, Taktarov's fight against Anthony Macias was a well known early UFC work and he admitted to taking part in it., his fight against Shamrock in the UFC is believed to be a work.
When you have a dirty guy like ali, who manages both sides of a tittle fight - that should be illegal IMO.
Fixed fights are real, but fighters wont talk about them until 20 years into the future
Honestly though I think it tends to be a bigger problem with managers keep their fighters apart, the whole situation with Blackhouse basically trying to give each fighter his own division(Nog UFC HW, Machida UFC LHW, Anderson UFC MW, Filho WEC MW and Lil Nog Affliction LHW) in the late 00's.
As far as that fight goes I would say it seems like more of a product of Khabib having more respect for Gaethje both personally and skill wise, he wasnt happy to coast to a decision and was also happy not to punish Justin.