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Preview: UFC 223 ‘Nurmagomedov vs. Iaquinta’

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UFC 223 can only be described as an unmitigated catastrophe, a disaster of unprecedented magnitude.

A quick recap: Original headliner Tony Ferguson suffered a freak knee injury and was pulled from his headliner with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Staggeringly, it was the fourth time this fight has been booked and then cancelled. Featherweight champion Max Holloway stepped in to “save” the fight and the event, despite pulling out of his own title defense a month ago. On weigh-in day, he was deemed medically unfit to compete, not by a doctor but by New York State Athletic Commission officials.