Max Holloway ‘medically unfit to fight,’ Anthony Pettis to step in against Khabib at UFC 223
(https:)The UFC 223 disasters continue to pile on.
A few days ago, the card was supposed to be headlined by Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov, before a freak incident left the interim champ injured.
Yesterday, Conor McGregor’s bus attack also led to three other cancelled bouts.
Max Holloway stepped in to try and save the main event, but there were concerns about his massive weight cut all week. Friday morning, the featherweight champion failed to make it to the weigh ins and was subsequently declared “medically unfit to fight” by the New York State Athletic Commission.
Dana White announced it as the early weigh-ins were happening.
Ray Borg's UFC 223 fight scrapped with eye issue reportedly from Conor McGregor bus attack
(mmajunkie.com)Conor McGregor never has claimed to have much interest in making friends, but his visit to New York today may have created a lot more enemies than he ever could have expected.
After the lightweight champion attacked a bus at Barclays Center following a media day for UFC 223, along with a group of other people with him, a total of three fights have been removed from the event.
Ray Borg (11-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) will miss his flyweight fight against Brandon Moreno (14-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC), a Borg team member told MMAjunkie.
According to Azevedo, Borg late today headed to the hospital because he was having difficulty opening his eyes from what he believed to be pieces of glass from the window McGregor broke out of the fighter and crew bus by throwing a dolly into it.
UFC signs Cage Warriors champions Nathaniel Wood and Molly McCann
(https:)The UFC have signed Cage Warriors bantamweight champion Nathaniel Wood and Cage Warriors flyweight champion Molly McCann.
Multiple sources have confirmed to MMA Fighting that Wood (13-3-0) is close to finalizing his UFC debut. The UFC is targeting a June 1 meeting against Johnny Eduardo (28-11-0) in Utica for the London knockout artist. MMANytt.com first broke the news of Wood’s signing on Thursday
Conor McGregor, crew allegedly cause chaotic scene after UFC 223 media day, Chiesa cut.
(https:)Conor McGregor has made his presence felt at UFC 223.
McGregor and his entourage stormed the Barclays Center following UFC 223 media day in Brooklyn on Thursday and caused a wild scene that left one individual — lightweight contender Michael Chiesa — with a laceration. Chiesa is scheduled to fight Anthony Pettis on Saturday night. At the moment, the severity of his injury is unclear.
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported that McGregor’s team ultimately attacked a van filled with fighters just as it was departing the arena, banging on the vehicle and throwing chairs through a window. Video shot by fighters onboard shows McGregor ordering an unidentified individual to get out of the van before being taken away by security, Helwani reported.
UFC 223 headliner Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team were in the van in question.
Nurmagomedov and his team were involved in a hotel altercation with McGregor’s longtime SBG Ireland teammate, Artem Lobov, on Tuesday.
Video of McGregor’s scene at the Barclays Center can be seen below.
Dana White: Brock Lesnar is coming back to the UFC
(https:)One of the UFC’s biggest box office draws could be headed back to the Octagon.
During an appearance on UFC Tonight on Wednesday, host Daniel Cormier asked Dana White if former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is coming back to the UFC and White gave a clear indication that it will happen.
“Yeah, Brock Lesnar’s coming back,” White said. “I don’t know when, but yes he is.”
Conor McGregor to UFC: you's'll strip me of nothing...
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Dana White said Wednesday that the UFC will be stripping Conor McGregor of the lightweight title.
As expected, McGregor isn’t going to go accept that without a fight.
“The Notorious” tweeted an ornery — and vulgar — response to White’s words early Thursday morning.
“You’s’ll strip me of nothing you’s do nothing c*nts,” McGregor wrote.
Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight Max Holloway in what the promotion is calling a UFC lightweight title fight in the main event of UFC 223 on Saturday in Brooklyn. The issue is that McGregor is still technically the lightweight champion and has been since November 2016. White has said that McGregor will cease to be champ as soon as the first punch is thrown this weekend at Barclays Center.
T.J. Dillashaw-Cody Garbrandt rematch set for UFC 227 in Los Angeles
(mmajunkie.com)The UFC has a big title fight rematch on its hands Saturday in New York, but another could be announced soon.
According to a report from ESPN.com‘s Brett Okamoto, the UFC soon will announce a bantamweight title rematch between champion T.J. Dillashaw (15-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and former champ Cody Garbrandt (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC). The fight, the report says, will take place at UFC 227 in Los Angeles.
Artem Lobov, Khabib Nurmagomedov involved in hotel confrontation
(https:)Khabib Nurmagomedov might not be getting his hands on Conor McGregor anytime soon, but he almost settled for a piece of one of his pals on Tuesday.
Courtesy of Sikjitsu head coach Rick Little (who can be heard narrating the action), footage has emerged of an altercation between the undefeated lightweight and McGregor’s close friend and SBG Ireland teammate Artem Lobov. The duo are in Brooklyn preparing for their respective bouts at UFC 223 on Saturday, and they had to be separated several times after confronting each other at the host hotel.
Donald Cerrone vs. Leon Edwards scheduled for UFC Singapore main event
(https:)Leon Edwards is getting the big fight he has been looking for.
In fact, “Rocky” is getting someone he called out last year.
The UFC is close to finalizing Donald Cerrone vs. Edwards as the main event of their June 23 fight night card, MMA Fighting has learned. The event is expected to take place in Singapore, though, the promotion has yet to announce the specific location for the card just yet.
Ricky Rainey in for Abdul Razak Alhassan, meets Muslim Salikhov at UFC on FOX 29
(mmajunkie.com)A couple weeks out from the UFC’s return to Arizona, an injury has changed a bout and opened the door for a fighter to make his promotional debut.
Abdul Razak Alhassan (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is out of his welterweight fight against Muslim Salikhov (13-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC on FOX 29. In Alhassan’s place will be Ricky Rainey (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the promotion today announced.
UFC on FOX 29 will take place April 14 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The main card will air on FOX following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
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