Breaking! Tony Ferguson is out of UFC 223

Breaking! Tony Ferguson is out of UFC 223

Current UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has suffered a knee injury and is out of his scheduled UFC 223 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Ferguson will be replaced by current featherweight champion Max Holloway at the event.

Dana White broke the news moments ago on Twitter following reports from Brett Okamoto and Ariel Helwani.

BOOM!!!!!! We got Khabib vs The Champ Max Holloway for the 155lb title this Saturday in Brooklyn New York!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/quvI3UqGXh

— danawhite (@danawhite) April 1, 2018

The UFC lightweight title will still be on the line this Saturday night in Brooklyn. Only it will be “The Eagle” vs. “Blessed”.

Max Holloway is coming off his second straight third-round TKO victory over Jose Aldo which occurred at December’s UFC 218 event in Detroit.

Meanwhile, Khabib Nurmagomedov was last seen in action at UFC 219 where he scored a unanimous decision victory over dangerous striker Edson Barboza.

Who do you think will emerge victorious at next weekend’s new UFC 223 main event between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov? Sound off PENN Nation!

This is NOT an April fools joke!