The week leading up to UFC 223 featured a chain of events unprecedented even by mixed martial arts’ often-chaotic standards.
How did a 13-fight card headlined by Tony Feguson vs. Khabib Nurmaogmedov end up a nine-fight show headlined by Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta, with superstar Conor McGregor finding himself in police custody? Here’s a timeline of an incredible turn of events leading up to Saturday night’s card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center:
Thursday, March 29
During a Los Angeles media tour, interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson suffers a freak knee injury by tripping over a heavy production cable on the FOX lot.