Thursday, April 30, 2015

UFC 187 Changes Yet Again: Khabib Nurmagomedov out vs Donald Cerrone

Right when you think UFC 187 has finally recovered from the Jon Jones saga, the very next day it takes another hit. Khabib has been ruled out of UFC 187 and his injury might require surgery. For Khabib, it's now over a year since he fought in the octagon. Last summer he was offered to fight Cerrone in New Jersey but had to turn it down because it was during Ramadan, and Khabib is a devout Muslim. Dana White and company will now have to scramble to find someone to replace him, and is willing to fight a guy who is on a 7 fight win streak on 3 weeks notice. The first fighters to offer their services via Twitter are Jorge Masvidal and Josh Thompson:

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