The UFC is desperately scrambling to find a replacement for Zabit Magomedsharipov after Yair Rodriguez pulled out of their headlining featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night 176 earlier this week due to injury.
The UFC has kept quiet on a replacement but Magomedsharipov, who is considered by many pundits to be the future of the featherweight division, wasted no time in calling out reigning champ Alexander Volkanovski on Twitter.
“@alexvolkanovski I’m waiting for you,” Zabit posted on Wednesday.
Volkanovski respects Magomedsharipov but says the Dagestani needs to understand that the champ is not a replacement fighter.