The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was put into a bit of a scramble over the weekend, as Tony Ferguson pulled out of his incipient title fight. Following the recent changes to the promotion’s upcoming event, here is a look at the updated fight card.
UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and undefeated division contender Khabib Nurmagomedov were set on a collision course for UFC 223. The two mixed martial artists were locked in for a title fight in the night’s main event.
However, “El Cucuy” tore his LCL just six days ahead of the fight. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has since stepped up and accepted a severely short notice offer to move up in weight and challenge Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title.
Now Holloway and “The Eagle” will be battling it out in the main event for UFC 223. The highly anticipated fight night goes down on Saturday, April 7, inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Check out the fully updated fight card for the event down below:
UFC 223 Main Card (PPV; 10 p.m. ET):
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Calvin Kattar vs. Renato Moicano
Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis
Paul Felder vs. Al Iaquinta
UFC 223 Prelims (FS1; 8 p.m. ET):
Felice Herrig vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno
Joe Lauzon vs. Chris Gruetzemacher
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Evan Dunham
UFC 223 Fight Pass Prelims (UFC Fight Pass; 6 p.m. ET):
Alex Caceres vs. Artem Lobov
Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Bec Rawlings
Devin Clark vs. Michael Rodriguez
Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak
