{"id":274069,"date":"2018-04-06T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274069"},"modified":"2018-04-06T08:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:51:26","slug":"max-holloway-issues-statement-on-last-second-ufc-223-withdrawal-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-issues-statement-on-last-second-ufc-223-withdrawal-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway issues statement on last-second UFC 223 withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, we were hit with the unfortunate news that UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway had been deemed <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/breaking-max-holloway-out-of-ufc-223\/\">&#8220;unfit to compete&#8221;<\/a> and forced out of his last-minute lightweight title fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, which was to serve as the main event of UFC 223 tomorrow night in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this news surfaced, Max Holloway released a heartfelt statement, apologizing to Khabib Nurmagomedov, and also referencing UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who was briefly linked to a last-second showdown with Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamKhabib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamKhabib<\/a> my brother I want to keep going but they are stopping me. Sorry to your team and the fans. You don\u2019t deserve this. This is number one. Shout outs to you and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Showtimepettis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Showtimepettis<\/a> . Give the fans what they deserve<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlessedMMA\/status\/982261222736199681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Khabib Nurmagomedov] my brother, I want to keep going but they are stopping me,&#8221; Holloway said in a Friday morning Tweet, assuring that he would have continued to cut weight were it not for the intervention of the New York State Athletic Commission. &#8220;Sorry to your team and the fans. You don\u2019t deserve this. This is number one. Shout outs to you and [Anthony Pettis].\u00a0Give the fans what they deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov was originally expected to battle Tony Ferguson in the UFC 223 main event. Regrettably, Ferguson was forced out of the fight with a freak injury, at which point a ballsy Max Holloway stepped in on a mere 6 days notice.<\/p>\n<p>From the get go, it was known that the UFC featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/nutritionist-george-lockhart-says-max-holloways-ufc-223-weight-cut-is-tied-for-biggest-hes-overseen\/\">would have to endure a significant weight cut to make the lightweight division&#8217;s 155-pound limit<\/a>. In the end, this cut appears to have foiled the UFC&#8217;s commendable attempt at salvaging the UFC 223 main event.\u00a0Stay tuned for further updates as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p>What was your reaction when you say Max Holloway had been forced out of his UFC 223 scrap with Khabib Nurmagomedov? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/6\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, we were hit with the unfortunate news that UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway had been deemed &#8220;unfit to compete&#8221; and forced out of his last-minute lightweight title fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, which was to serve as the main event of UFC 223 tomorrow night in Brooklyn, New York. 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