BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The curses against the UFC 223 card continued today, and now the main event has been scrapped. Featherweight champion Max Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) is going to be denied his shot at history in the headliner against Khabib Nurmagomedov (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC). Holloway today was declared medically unfit to fight, a promotion official told MMAjunkie at the UFC 223 weigh-ins in Brooklyn, N.Y. Brett Okamoto of ESPN.com first reported news of the fight cancellation via Twitter , citing UFC President Dana White. The Nurmagomedov-Holloway fight was supposed to be for the lightweight title currently held by McGregor, who was going to be stripped of it after the bout
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Max Holloway medically unfit to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223 – MMA Junkie