lol, they're only trying to force him now cuz max fucked up his fight and they need a better fight for 228 than nicholas and val.
dc is holding up TWO divisions, whittaker is out until 2019, khabib is gonna fight at the msg card for sure, max is a question mark. tj/cody fighting at 227 as well as mighty mouse.
really the only options is colby, a interim featherweight fight, or cyborg. and they dont want 2 wmma title fights. so now they're up colbys ass cuz they dont know how to book ppv's and stack 2-3 cards with multiple titles each year and then scramble to put together worthy main events for the rest of the cards.