It needs to be said. The UFC can do it now or they can be forced into doing it 12 months from now when he still hasn't defended his belt. Khabib's father's death is tragic. Coronavirus is beyond his control.
But it doesn't follow that everyone who has something tragic or unfortunate happen in their lives gets to be UFC champion forever.
Khabib is extremely inactive. The only reason coronavirus screwed the Tony fight was because there was an inexplicable 6-month timeline between the announcement and the fight.
Khabib is not signed to fight (and certainly won't fight) before October. That will mean he has defended his belt once in two years. Now people will say 'he needs time' - but this is time on top of a period in which he should already have been stripped for inactivity.
But it doesn't follow that everyone who has something tragic or unfortunate happen in their lives gets to be UFC champion forever.
Khabib is extremely inactive. The only reason coronavirus screwed the Tony fight was because there was an inexplicable 6-month timeline between the announcement and the fight.
Khabib is not signed to fight (and certainly won't fight) before October. That will mean he has defended his belt once in two years. Now people will say 'he needs time' - but this is time on top of a period in which he should already have been stripped for inactivity.