The UFC call him Russian but, like his hated rival, Khabib is much more complicated

Public workouts are one of many peculiarities of a UFC fight week. Perhaps the most peculiar ritual.

Held midweek in any of the myriad venues tucked away inside the mega-casinos of Las Vegas, they usually entail four fighters from a card’s main and co-main events going through a physical tune-up for the gathered horde, writes Joe Callaghan from Las Vegas