Khabib Nurmagomedov has cast major doubt over his sensational return at UFC 242 after he missed the event's main media day.
The Russian UFC star, 30, will defend his lightweight championship against Dustin Poirier on Saturday.
And Khabib was present during the media workouts held on Wednesday as he trained on the pads and spoke to fans.
However, the undefeated lightweight champ failed to turn up for the important media day on Thursday amid speculation that he won't make the weight for the upcoming fight.
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The 'Eagle' will need to hit 155lbs
to reach the limit for the clash with Poirier, but it's not the first time that
he has missed weight.
Khabib failed to make weight in 2017 and was also hospitalised
in the lead up to his planned clash with Tony Ferguson.
The Dagestan superstar has been out of the octagon since his stunning victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 in October last year.
Khabib, who has rubbished ideas that he will retire soon, said that a "lot of people ask me why I'm here."
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But he went on to say that "they don't understand what's inside me, this is about fire."
He continued: "All my life I have competed with someone and I want to keep doing that.
"I have a big, big fire inside and I want to be the best fighter in the world, not the best fighter from my country, but the best of seven billion people.
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"Everywhere I go a lot of people come and take pictures and talk, it's a bit of pressure.
"Most of the time I don't like it, I don't train to be really famous, I train for fights with the best fighters in the world."
Poirier, who is the interim lightweight champ, has made a bold claim that he will be the man to dethrone Khabib from the top of the division.
Will Khabib make weight for the fight?
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Let us know in the comments.
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