UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Tony Ferguson was forced to pull out of UFC 223 after suffering a knee injury and UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway has replaced him against Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The top contender in Nurmagomedov has now taken to Instagram to issue a statement on the madness surrounding UFC 223, while also providing a warning to Ferguson:
Nate Diaz hasn?t been seen in the Octagon since UFC 202, plus he has no fight history against the trio of Ferguson, Holloway or Nurmagomedov.
Despite all of that non-history with that trio, it didn?t stop Diaz from also issuing a statement on Twitter about the UFC 223 main event change:
UFC 223 takes place on Saturday, April 7 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York with max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.