https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh4vwA6lP8g/
Khabib is taking a short break and wants to defend his belt in November or December. He said he doesn't care who he fights and wont pick his opponent, he'll agree to fight whoever the UFC chooses.
(sarcasm)7-8 months is such an enormous amount of time that I assume the UFC will decide that an interim LW title is needed.(/sarcasm)