Holloway deemed unfit to get on the scale for ufc 223. Everyone is scrambling. What to do, let's just book a 4-hour award ceremony and present Khabib with the belt.
Now it's Al Iaquinta. Between him and Felder, they picked Al because Felder was unranked and New York wouldn't sanction it. Al weighed 155.2lb. So he's not even eligible to win the title. I'm not sure why Pettis was a no-go but I can think of a few reasons.