BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Khabib Nurmagomedov is the UFC lightweight champion. Full stop.

There was no door left open, no equivocating, and no fuzzy language from UFC President Dana White after Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) won the belt with a dominant decision win over Al Iaquinta (13-4-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at UFC 223.

Just as White declared prior to Saturday’s pay-per-view event, Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) is no longer the undisputed champion, and Tony Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) is no longer the interim champion.

“That’s it,” White told reporters backstage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. “That’s the only belt.”

The message was a lot clearer than the one White gave in the buildup to the title fight, where the UFC executive initially refused to say whether McGregor would be stripped of the title. That sparked many theories on what the promotion was up to, though White later conceded he would take the belt from McGregor the second UFC 223’s main event commenced.

But then, that was before the headliner fell apart. Ferguson injured his knee in a freak accident, prompting White to suddenly strip the interim champ of his belt. Ferguson pleaded with the promotion not to make that call official.

Then there were the somewhat murky circumstances under which the eventual UFC 223 headliner was contested. Iaquinta, a last-second replacement for featherweight champ Max Holloway, who was not medically cleared to fight, was not considered a title contender in the eyes of the New York State Athletic Commission, which regulated Saturday’s event. Iaquinta was 155.2 pounds in his official weigh-in, which came well before he was tapped to fill in for Holloway. That weight was fine for a non-title fight, like Iaquinta was supposed to have against Paul Felder – but not for a championship bout. White bucked the commission and declared Iaquinta would be considered champ if he beat Nurmagomedov.

But after five rounds with “The Eagle,” there was no doubt from White who deserved to hold the undisputed title.

That doesn’t mean others agree with him. Moments after the fight, Ferguson scoffed at the switch of gold (via Twitter).

And the world knows where McGregor stands.

Now, what comes next for Nurmagomedov? That’s thinking too far ahead. After dealing with a bizarre outburst from McGregor that resulted in criminal charges that he’ll have to answer for in June, and watching fight after fight go down in flames on UFC 223’s bout sheet, White didn’t have much left.

The UFC exec professed he wasn’t even aware that Nurmagomedov called out former welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

“I don’t have any ideas after this week,” White said. “My brain is scrambled and I’m a physical mess. I’m praying for Sunday.”

For complete coverage of UFC 223, check out the UFC Events section of the site.