UFC 279 card receives huge makeover after Khamzat Chimaev misses

UFC 279 card receives huge makeover after Khamzat Chimaev misses weight LAS VEGAS – The UFC 279 fight card has been hit

with mix-and-match adjustments in contrast to any pay-consistent with-view before. After Khamzat Chimaev missed weight by way of 7.5 pounds

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at authentic weigh-ins Friday morning, the merchandising scrambled to repair key matchups on Saturday’s major card, consisting of the

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introduction of a brand new main event. Chimaev (11-0 MMA, five-zero UFC) will now not compete inside the headlining bout and could face Kevin

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Holland inside the co-fundamental occasion of the cardboard. Nate Diaz remains in the top billing, wherein he'll now face former period in-between

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light-weight champion Tony Ferguson. Li Jingliang and Daniel Rodriguez will meet in a 180-pound agreement weight bout to round out the changes

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to the main card. UFC president Dana White officially introduced the changes to the cardboard Friday afternoon.“It’s been a hell of a night time

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and a hell of a morning,” White stated Friday night on Instagram Live. “It’s no longer through twist of fate that we stack men the equal weight on the equal

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card in case whatever is going incorrect, but yeah, it labored out. “Obviously, whilst some thing like this takes place, you bought guys that educated for

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some other guy for a long time. Getting these men to agree to special fights can be a little hard occasionally, however we got ’em all finished, they’re locked in.”

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