Magomedsharipov takes next step towards featherweight elite

The word circulated fast. No names were mentioned, no details were shared, but it got out recently that there wasn’t a long line – or any line at all, for that matter – to be the third man to face Zabit Magomedsharipov in the Octagon.Yet the rising featherweight star, who did get Kyle Bochniak to step up for Saturday’s UFC 223 bout, doesn’t put much stock in such talk.“On the one hand, of course, it's nice to know that I'm regarded as a dangerous opponent and