Khabib Nurmagomedov shows his support for Max Holloway after the withdrawal of UFC 226

UFC Lightweight Champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, came here.

On Wednesday night, it was announced that Max Holloway had been forced to leave his co-star UFC 226 with Brian Ortega.

This is a position that Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) knows well.

More recently, he misses an opportunity Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) fought Holloway at the # UFC 223 in April, but was taken away by the New York Commission on weighing day for medical reasons. its cut. Nurmagomedov was also the reason why a title fight was wiped out at the last minute. Nurmagomedov was hospitalized and expelled the day of his fight against Tony Ferguson last year at UFC 209.

Suffice to say that going out of a big fight at the last minute is a situation "The Eagle" dealt with both sides, that he seemed to recognize while sharing some encouraging words for "Blessed" (via Twitter ).

Keeping your head high, I know what it is, believe in yourself. @ BlessedMMA

According to Holloway's management team, he feels "not normal since the end of last week". Holloway has expressed his desire to fight after a first emergency visit. However, things took a horrible turn after his open training of UFC 226 on Wednesday in Las Vegas, where he was visibly lethargic.

"Max is fighting with his team to continue the fight," said Holloway's team. "He showed improvement over the next day, but still had obvious symptoms.After open workouts (Wednesday), he crashed and it was very hard to wake up. he did, he had blazing vision and speech disorders. "

The withdrawal of UFC 226 continues a disappointing 2018 for Holloway since he had to withdraw from three consecutive fights for health reasons

UFC 226 takes place on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view television after the preliminary rounds on FS1 and UFC Fight Pbad.

To learn more about UFC 226, visit the UFC Rumors section of the site.