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Tensions between UFC matchmakers and the camps of Khamzat Chimaev and Khabib Nurmagomedov reportedly fueled a series of deliberate booking complications for their respective signees. Magomed Gasanov and Umar Vagaev were first matched against each other, then Gasanov was pulled from the card on alleged USADA testing grounds despite reportedly being ready to compete. Vagaev was subsequently offered a fight at 170 pounds against Saygid Izagakhmaev as the only available option, a matchup framed as a lose-lose situation for both Vagaev and the matchmakers' other unwanted fighter.
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