Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez said he received an offer to face Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223. Before UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) stepped in to save the day , Alvarez (29-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) said the promotion was “shopping around” on options to replace the injured Tony Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) against Nurmagomedov (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) on Saturday at Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, N.Y. Like everyone else, Alvarez thought Ferguson’s injury was an April Fool’s joke. After he learned it wasn’t, the reality of his situation became clear.
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