Hundreds of fighters have taken short-notice fights. For some, short-notice means a few weeks. For others, it means a few days.
For Dan Ige, it meant a couple of hours.
At UFC 303, Ige accepted a co-main event matchup against rising star Diego Lopes without any training camp or preparation, much less any time to actually put together a strategy.
On the other side, Lopes had to endure a roller-coaster ride of his own.