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Lets say god forbid DC or Jones pulls out...
we get to see either DC vs Manuwa or Jones vs Manuwa. Aka the show can go on and we still get to see a champion/#1 contender face another top contender and preserve the main event.
Many cards in the past have been totally fucked last minute, particularly high stakes title-fights, because a suitable replacement wasn't available. At UFC 200 they managed to get Anderson Silva in which was crazy in retrospect.
But most get MERKED due to last minute injury with no replacement... notably:
Amanda Nunes vs Valentina (day of fight)
Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum at UFC 207 (1 day before fight)
DC vs Rumble at UFC 206 (except Rumble opted to wait instead of fight Mousasi)
Tony Ferguson vs Khabib (Tony didn't want a paycut but still)
I know there's more examples I cant name at the top of my head but, UFC made the (extremely obvious) move to have Manuwa on the card just in case
we get to see either DC vs Manuwa or Jones vs Manuwa. Aka the show can go on and we still get to see a champion/#1 contender face another top contender and preserve the main event.
Many cards in the past have been totally fucked last minute, particularly high stakes title-fights, because a suitable replacement wasn't available. At UFC 200 they managed to get Anderson Silva in which was crazy in retrospect.
But most get MERKED due to last minute injury with no replacement... notably:
Amanda Nunes vs Valentina (day of fight)
Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum at UFC 207 (1 day before fight)
DC vs Rumble at UFC 206 (except Rumble opted to wait instead of fight Mousasi)
Tony Ferguson vs Khabib (Tony didn't want a paycut but still)
I know there's more examples I cant name at the top of my head but, UFC made the (extremely obvious) move to have Manuwa on the card just in case