UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, left, engages in a face off with Tony Ferguson, right, as UFC president Dana White separates them at the UFC 249 press conference at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Friday, March 6, 2020. The event promoted their Apr. 18 title fight expected to take place in Brooklyn. (Heidi Fang /Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang