Tickets for the fight between Russia’s UFC World Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Ireland’s Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor in the United States this fall have been immediately sold out, BT Sport television channel reported.
The Nurmagomedov-McGregor bout is scheduled to be held within the frames of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) 229 in Las Vegas on October 6 at the 20,000-seat capacity T-Mobile Arena.
According to earlier reports, ticket prices for UFC 229 ranged between $205 and $2,505. BT Sport television channel reported that tickets were sold out within three minutes after they had been rolled out.
On April 8, Nurmagomedov defeated his US opponent Al Iaquinta in a five-round fight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight belt in New York.
Nurmagomedov became the first Russian to be awarded the UFC champion title. The 29-year-old Russian clinched the 26th victory in his career with no defeats, while Al Iaquinta suffered his fourth defeat with 13 victories and one draw.
The Russian fighter was initially scheduled to square off with Max Holloway for the title of the UFC lightweight champion in New York, but Holloway did not pass the weighing procedure and doctors ordered him against the fight.
Last time McGregor fought in the UFC was in November 2016, when he defeated Eddie Alvarez to become the UFC Lightweight Champion. McGregor has a record of 16 knockouts, one submission win and 12 first-round finishes in the UFC.
However, he never attempted to defeat the title for the period of two years and the bout for the new UFC champion in lightweight category was scheduled in New York on April 8 Russia’s Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway of the United States.
Nurmagomedov made his UFC debut on January 20, 2012, defeating Iran’s Kamal Shalorus by submission (rear naked choke).
The encounter with Al Iaquinta was the tenth in the UFC for the Dagestani-born mixed martial arts fighter, who won all of his ten bouts.
