UFC star Dan Ige fought on just three hours' notice after being called up to face Diego Lopes at UFC 303 on June 30. Eric Nicksick, Ige's coach, received the call from Ige at 4:26 PM Vegas time, informing him about the fight. Nicksick then scrambled to gather a corner team for Ige, contacting Kai Kamaka and Sean Strickland. Nicksick shared that Ige had always fantasized about moments like this and was always prepared for such opportunities. The story was discussed on The MMA Hour.
š„ Eric Nicksick tells the story of how he found out that his fighter Dan Ige is fighting at UFC 303. Says that Ige was always fantasizing moments like this and always gets prepared for that š š„ @arielhelwani https://t.co/9gzY4NMYT3
Eric Nicksick describes how the phone calls went with Kai Kamaka and Sean Strickland as he tried to gather Dan Ige a corner team for #UFC303 on just hours notice š š„ The MMA Hour / @MMAFighting https://t.co/7302Iz94aN
Eric Nicksick talks getting the call from Dan Ige. #TheMMAHour https://t.co/SeQECsQj6e
Eric Nicksick says Dan Ige called him at 4:26 PM Vegas time that he was going to fight Diego Lopes at UFC 303 #UFC303 #TheMMAHour
UFC star Dan Ige fought on just three hours notice after being called up to face Diego Lopes at #UFC303 https://t.co/jqDCMmVIAO https://t.co/pzcPL4qvv4