{"id":273650,"date":"2018-04-01T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T22:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273650"},"modified":"2018-04-01T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T23:54:34","slug":"breaking-tony-ferguson-is-out-of-ufc-223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/breaking-tony-ferguson-is-out-of-ufc-223\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! Tony Ferguson is out of UFC 223"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Breaking! Tony Ferguson is out of UFC 223<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has suffered a knee injury and is out of his scheduled UFC 223 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson will be replaced by current featherweight champion Max Holloway at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White broke the news moments ago on Twitter following reports from Brett Okamoto and Ariel Helwani.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BOOM!!!!!! We got Khabib vs The Champ Max Holloway for the 155lb title this Saturday in Brooklyn New York!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quvI3UqGXh\">pic.twitter.com\/quvI3UqGXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; danawhite (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/980577727882387466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The UFC lightweight title will still be on the line this Saturday night in Brooklyn. Only it will be \u201cThe Eagle\u201d vs. \u201cBlessed\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/ufc-218-results-max-holloway-vs-jose-aldo\/\">Max Holloway is coming off his second straight third-round TKO victory over Jose Aldo<\/a> which occurred at December&#8217;s UFC 218 event in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Khabib Nurmagomedov was last seen in action at UFC 219 where he scored a unanimous decision victory over dangerous striker Edson Barboza.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will emerge victorious at next weekend&#8217;s new UFC 223 main event between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This is NOT an April fools joke!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking! Tony Ferguson is out of UFC 223 Current UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has suffered a knee injury and is out of his scheduled UFC 223 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. 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