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Khabib Trolls Tony Ferguson With Hilarious Callout Video

As an outright deluge of news surrounding Tony Ferguson’s last-minute withdrawal from his huge UFC 223 main event against Khabib Nurmagomedov has hit the mixed martial arts (MMA) airwaves like a freight train today. The expected reactions from Ferguson, Khabib, and Ferguson’s short-notice replacement at this weekend’s pay-per-view, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway, all provided […]

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As an outright deluge of news surrounding Tony Ferguson’s last-minute withdrawal from his huge UFC 223 main event against Khabib Nurmagomedov has hit the mixed martial arts (MMA) airwaves like a freight train today.

The expected reactions from Ferguson, Khabib, and Ferguson’s short-notice replacement at this weekend’s pay-per-view, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway, all provided some initial insight as to how they felt about the marquee match-up falling by the wayside an unprecedented fourth time.

Yet while “The Eagle” posted some wishes for Ferguson to heal up while warning him not to talk so much trash, the undefeated Dagestani posted a not-so-nice callout video blasting his oft-scheduled for earlier today.

In a video made by Mojahed Fujailat on Instagram, an animated Khabib was seen calling Ferguson’s pullout “number one bulls**t” after “El Cucuy” kicked a steel pole before Dana White and Conor McGregor made their own appearances.

Check it out:

This is N.1 bullsh….. #ufc223

A post shared by Khabib Nurmagomedov (@khabib_nurmagomedov) on

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Conor McGregor Boasts Brutal Reaction To UFC 223 Fiasco

Tony Ferguson, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway, Ferguson’s short-notice replacement after “El Cucuy” pulled out of this weekend’s UFC 223 pay-per-view, all provided their reactions to the brutal news that Ferguson had been forced out with a knee injury, but perhaps no reaction was as awaited as that of lightweight champion Conor McGregor. […]

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Tony Ferguson, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway, Ferguson’s short-notice replacement after “El Cucuy” pulled out of this weekend’s UFC 223 pay-per-view, all provided their reactions to the brutal news that Ferguson had been forced out with a knee injury, but perhaps no reaction was as awaited as that of lightweight champion Conor McGregor.

The absent titleholder, who has been out of action since his 10th-round TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather last August and out of MMA since November 2016, finally offered his reaction on social media today, and as you could expect, it was of a brutal sort.

McGregor had nothing kind to say about Ferguson or Nurmagomedov, who have been booked to fight each other four times with each fight getting called off due to one injury or another to each fighter.

Check out what “The Notorious” had to say right here:

An interesting, but not so far off, reaction from the champ, who is rumored to be returning to the octagon sometime around this September, although Ferguson’s latest withdrawal may complicate that a bit.

McGregor reacted with a less-than-classy response, but let’s be honest – he didn’t rise to the position of MMA’s front man by being nice, especially to his top prospective opponents.

However, while he doesn’t pull out of fights, it’s been like pulling teeth for the UFC to get him to commit to a title defense of any kind.

Based on that, does McGregor have a leg to stand on here?

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Max Holloway Reveals Why He Couldn’t Turn Down Khabib Fight

It’s a rather strange day for the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) as fans accept the fact that Tony Ferguson will no longer face Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of Saturday’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from Brooklyn, New York. In his place stepped featherweight champion Max Holloway to battle the bulldozing Dagestani force. […]

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It’s a rather strange day for the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) as fans accept the fact that Tony Ferguson will no longer face Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of Saturday’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from Brooklyn, New York.

In his place stepped featherweight champion Max Holloway to battle the bulldozing Dagestani force.

It’s the biggest fight of “Blessed’s” currently surging MMA career, one where he has the opportunity to become only the fifth two-weight champ in UFC history, so not surprisingly, he revealed it was a bout he simply couldn’t turn down.

Speaking to Hawaiian news outlet KHON News (via MMA Fighting) as he got prepared to board his flight to New York, “Blessed” said there was no other route to take when he was offered the once-in-a-lifetime fight at the last minute:

“April Fools! Nah, I’m just joking.

“My manager called me. He said, ‘Tony’s hurt’ and ‘they want you and Khabib’. I was like…how do you turn down an opportunity like this? Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime and there was really only one guy was able to do it. I’m glad to be the second guy and I’m going to go out there and make history.”


But while the rising star is moving up to lightweight this weekend, he admitted he still has business to handle at 145 pounds – namely a potential blockbuster of a title fight with No. 1 contender Brian Ortega.

For now, however, his focus is justifiably on April 7 in Brooklyn:

“I’m here to fight man. I’m not a matchmaker. I’ve got business to handle at 145. But I said, when the UFC call, I’m only one call away. They called the right guy. I’m here, six days’ notice — April 7 is going to be a great night,” he said.

Finally, the titleholder gave a quick assessment of the undefeated Nurmagomedov’s peerless skills, but stopped short of giving too much praise by insisting he didn’t know why people were scared of ‘The Eagle’ before calling himself the best:

“Animal. You know what they say, ‘to beat the best you’ve got to be the best’, and the best is Blessed, baby. I can’t wait. This guy’s one of the most feared guys, I don’t know why. We’re all fighters, we all train. He’s human, I’m human and we get to go out there and see who is better.”

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Nate Diaz Mocks Tony Ferguson Pulling Out Of UFC 223

There were a ton of people reacting to the fight between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov being canceled. They were supposed to fight for the lightweight title at the upcoming UFC 223 pay-per-view event. However, it won’t happen as Ferguson had to pull out of the fight with an injury. This marks the fourth time […]

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There were a ton of people reacting to the fight between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov being canceled.

They were supposed to fight for the lightweight title at the upcoming UFC 223 pay-per-view event.

However, it won’t happen as Ferguson had to pull out of the fight with an injury. This marks the fourth time that the promotion made this fight official.

Now, Nurmagomedov is slated to fight UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway for the lightweight title in the main event of this upcoming event.

Once the news was made official, there were some who felt sympathy for Ferguson and Nurmagomedov missing out on the biggest fight of their lives.

There was one person who didn’t feel the same way, and that’s Nate Diaz.

Diaz decided it was a good idea to take to his official Twitter account to comment on the fight being pulled when he mocked the announcement of Ferguson pulling out of the biggest fight thus far in his pro-MMA career.

Diaz has not been seen in the Octagon since his rematch with McGregor back at UFC 202 when he suffered a majority decision loss which came five months after Diaz submitted McGregor in their first bout at UFC 196.

Diaz has been biding his time since a third bout has been off the table with McGregor. There is no love lost between Ferguson and Diaz as they have some history. If you recall, Ferguson claimed just last year that Diaz was refusing to fight him.

The younger Diaz brother fired off these message on the social media platform:

“Lol these guys can’t even make it to war.. They winging this whole shit.”

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Dana White Addresses Possibly Booking Ferguson vs. Nurmagomedov Again

There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled. And it turns out that the fear actually turned into a reality on late Sunday night when the Las Vegas-based promotion announced that Ferguson was out of his anticipated main event versus Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title at the upcoming UFC 223 […]

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There was a fear that Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov could be canceled.

And it turns out that the fear actually turned into a reality on late Sunday night when the Las Vegas-based promotion announced that Ferguson was out of his anticipated main event versus Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title at the upcoming UFC 223 pay-per-view event.

It appears that the MMA gods do not want Nurmagomedov and Ferguson to fight each other despite the interest from fight fans across the world wanting to see that fight happen.

After a third attempt, they did not fight each other last year. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson’s highly-anticipated lightweight match-up was scrapped when Nurmagomedov was rushed to the hospital the day before the weigh-ins prior to the March 4, 2017 UFC 209 pay-per-view (PPV) event.

He was unable to compete in his scheduled interim lightweight title match in the co-main event, which was dubbed as the people’s main event.

Once the promotion made it for the fourth time at UFC 223, fight fans were hoping that they actually fight each. However, that’s just not the case.

Now, Nurmagomedov is slated to fight UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway for the lightweight title in the main event of this upcoming event.

Speaking with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto once the news was made public, UFC President Dana White addressed the possibility of this fight being made down the line between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson.

White is totally again this idea and you can’t really blame him.

“Hell no,” White said. “I’m never making that fight ever again. Ever.”

UFC 223 is set to take place on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Details Emerge Surrounding Tony Ferguson’s Mysterious UFC 223 Injury

By now, the mixed martial arts (MMA) world has had to accept the fact that Tony Ferguson’s withdrawal from his monstrous UFC 223 title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov was not an April Fool’s joke. News arrived earlier tonight that Ferguson had been replaced at this upcoming weekend’s pay-per-view event by featherweight champion Max Hollway after reportedly […]

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By now, the mixed martial arts (MMA) world has had to accept the fact that Tony Ferguson’s withdrawal from his monstrous UFC 223 title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov was not an April Fool’s joke.

News arrived earlier tonight that Ferguson had been replaced at this upcoming weekend’s pay-per-view event by featherweight champion Max Hollway after reportedly tearing his LCL off the bone during an accident while fulfilling his media obligations this Friday.

The situation sounded like a rarely-seen, strange set of circumstances leading to the fourth cancellation of this oft-booked but never materialized fight, and upon closer glance, the reality may be even stranger than you may think. Shortly after the news broke from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that “El Cucuy” was out in an interview with Dana White, the journalist followed up with some details of what happened to Ferguson.

And apparently, it had nothing to do with fighting:

It’s an incredibly painful blow to Ferguson’s title chances, as the winner of Holloway vs. Khabib will most likely move on to a massive title unification bout with Conor McGregor – or at least, that’s what the UFC hopes.

The massive fight with Khabib appears to be one that just won’t happen without some sort of damning ailment, and it’s unlikely the UFC chooses to make it a fifth time.

The worst part is that this year’s biggest fight just fell apart to a freak occurrence when Ferguson spun on a dime to greet an acquaintance and tripped.

But, in a nutshell, that kind of sums up his rivalry with Khabib in a nutshell.

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