UFC 223 headliner is OFF as Max Holloway declared medically unfit to fight

What an unholy mess.

Max Holloway tried to ride to the rescue but to no avail. Aside from the bus attack debacle at the UFC 223 media day, in Brooklyn, on Thursday night, the Dubliner was always set to lose his 155lbs strap as soon as main event fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway [the reigning featherweight champ] made championship weight. The Dagestani was the first of the headliners to weigh in and he was 154.5lbs, so good to go. [caption id="attachment_156015" align="alignnone" width="760"] Credit: MMA Fighting[/caption] Holloway, who, according to nutritionist George Lockhart, weighed in at 176lbs at the beginning of the week, was next up. The only problem is, the Hawaiian never showed and ESPN are reporting that the main event is OFF. https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/982253230531919872 Nurmagomedov will now NOT be able to fight for the lightweight belt. That would mean McGregor remains champion, for now, while Tony Ferguson [out injured] remains interim champ. The UFC will update fight fans later this afternoon as to what will happen with a fit and ready to compete Nurmagomedov. The latest, as per MMA Junkie, is that the promotion is scrambling to put former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a title fight with Nurmagomedov: https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/982257227590348800 UFC women's straw-weight champion Rose Namajunas, who was in the 'red corner' bus attacked last night, made weight for the co-main event, as did challenger Joanna Jedrzejczyk. https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/982249020180520966 You can check out the full weigh-in video, courtesy of MMA Fighting, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQbmoyS0nFw More to follow...