“I didn’t even think that this fight would be easy for me, and I didn’t train in a relaxed way. I prepared for this fight very hard. I trained like I was going to have a title fight. I don't sleep at night thinking about this fight.
This is a big chance for my opponent. I think he did a very large amount of work too. Let’s see what happens this Saturday,” Nurmagomedov was quoted as saying by MMA Junkie.