Current Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight king Max Holloway agreed to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at lightweight on just six days’ notice after the Dagestani’s previous scheduled opponent, Tony Ferguson, had to withdraw after suffering a freak injury on set during a promotional event for UFC 223.
The 26-year-old Hawaiian was only returning from his own injury which forced him out of his featherweight title defense against Frankie Edgar last month.
At the time when Holloway accepted to fight Nurmagomedov at 155 pounds, there were concerns he wouldn’t achieve the weight loss in the short amount of time.