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A few hours before the official weigh-Nurmagomedov was urgently hospitalized because he became ill. As told TASS the father of Russian fighter Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the reason for hospitalization could be problems with the liver or kidneys.

“He was taken by ambulance to the hospital. There or liver problems, or kidney stones. Waiting for information,” said abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. The reason of deterioration of health of the fighter could be a dramatic weight loss .

Officially about the cancellation of the fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson to be announced, but the weighing procedure, the Russians failed. The fight should take place in the framework of the fight show in the night from Saturday to Sunday Moscow time.