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6th April 2016
05:39pm BST

However, the man who was forced to pull out of the initial fight, doesn't want to lose the match-up which will almost certainly guarantee him a title shot if he wins. Ferguson revealed on Twitter that he offered Khabib the same fight, but rescheduled for the UFC Fight Night 88 card on May 29.
https://twitter.com/tonyfergusonxt/status/717737072052674560
UFC on Foz 19 headlined by Cody Garbrandt vs Thomas Almeida and featuring Renan Barao's featherweight debut against Jeremy Stephens is fairly stacked already, so it is unknown whether the UFC would go for this option. However, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani confirmed on Twitter that it is being considered by the powers that be.
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