READ MORE: AKA KO'd by corona: Khabib Nurmagomedov's US training base CLOSED due to COVID19

According to the fighter’s Russian manager, Rizvan Magomedov, the UFC’s 155lbs ruler has returned home from his regular training base at American Kickboxing Academy’s San Jose, California headquarters after the facility closed to the public last week, TASS reported.

Khabib’s title defense against Ferguson is planned to go ahead at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn but the feasibility of that matchup taking place in the current climate has become shrouded in doubt due to the global fight against the COVID19 virus. 

Less than a month out from perhaps the most anticipated fight in mixed martial arts history, the news will ring alarm bells for MMA fans who feared a fifth straight cancelation of the Khabib versus Tony saga, which dates back to 2015.

That is despite UFC head honcho Dana White stubbornly insisting the fight will go ahead by any means necessary. White recently insisted it “is going to happen” – but conceded that the fight “probably will not be in the United States."

Khabib also confirmed he was willing to make the fight despite panic over coronavirus. “It’s going to be a good if fight happens in the US because I am here already for like one-and-a-half month," the Russian said.

“I’ve been training, and from this day we have like 30 days before the fight. Almost one month, and it’s going to be very good if we fight here in the US. But if not, any place. Any place, I don’t care.”

Subsequently, rumors has surfaced that the fight could take place in Khabib's home country, should original plans for the fight become untenable.