Last week, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that former “The Ultimate Fighter” contestants Artem Lobov and Alex Caceres would meet in a 145-pound matchup as part of UFC 223, which is headlined by the interim championship bout between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
After the announcement, there was speculation that Lobov was added to the bill by the UFC so that the current lightweight champion -- and Lobov’s SBG Ireland teammate -- Conor McGregor would be in the building to face off against the winner of Ferguson and Nurmagomedov.