I wrote about the lightweight division ultimatum or "crossroads" Conor McGregor was given earlier this week over at Sherdog and now there is a press conference happening tomorrow regarding announcements for future events according to a tweet from Ariel Helwani. The UFC 223 bouts were all but confirmed since I wrote the Sherdog piece and the presser on Friday is likely just making things official.
However, given White's comments from last weekend regarding McGregor and the lightweight division could the announcement of a title strip or even a deadline for McGregor be coming too?
Like Helwani said, the press release does refer to Ferguson as the "interim champ" but the division cannot be discussed without answering the question on what to do about Conor McGregor. I'll do a follow-up post for anyone that misses the presser and if they do a live stream it will be up over at Frontproof Media.