Max Holloway will take on Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223
UFC 223 will take place on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card will air on pay-per-view while the prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC officials announced today that UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s event due to a knee injury. Featherweight champion Max Holloway will step in and take on Khabib Nurmagomedov. This fight will be for the UFC’s undisputed lightweight title.
BOOM!!!!!! We got Khabib vs The Champ Max Holloway for the 155lb title this Saturday in Brooklyn New York!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/quvI3UqGXh
— Dana White (@danawhite) April 1, 2018
Nurmagomedov released a statement directed at “El Cucuy” via his Instagram:
UFC 223 Fight Card:
MAIN CARD
(Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- For the lightweight title: Max Holloway vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
- For women’s strawweight title: Champ Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
- Calvin Kattar vs. Renato Moicano
- Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis
- Paul Felder vs. Al Iaquinta
PRELIMINARY CARD #2
(FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
- Felice Herrig vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno
- Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Joe Lauzon
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Evan Dunham
PRELIMINARY CARD #1
(UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Alex Caceres vs. Artem Lobov
- Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Bec Rawlings
- Devin Clark vs. Michael Rodriguez
- Kyle Bochniak vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov
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