UFC Lightweight Championship ' fans prefer Ferguson vs Khabib over Khabib vs Dustin Poirier .
The event will mark the promotion 's third visit to Abu Dhabi , and first since UFC Fight Night : Nogueira vs. Nelson in April of 2014.A UFC Lightweight Championship title unification bout between current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Dustin Poirier has been slated to serve as the event 's headliner .
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