UFC President Dana White didn’t allow for time to absorb the fact that interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson was out of his UFC 223 bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov. About five seconds after White announced Ferguson injured his knee and was off Saturday’s card, he declared that featherweight champion Max Holloway would step up on extremely short notice. White delivered the news of the change via a 24-second video Sunday, April Fool’s Day, leaving fight fans to work through a maelstrom of emotions
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