For all of about a day, there, it seemed like a semblance of sanity had returned to the mixed martial arts world. Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson was announced Thursday for UFC 209, paired up with a welterweight title rematch between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson.
It was as if the MMA Gods were giving hardcore fans of the actual sport end of this sport a reward for all the weirdness we had to endure in 2016.
Then there was Friday the 13th. First, came a tweet from Ariel Helwani saying that Floyd Mayweather vs.