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The main event of UFC 215 has been cancelled two days ahead of the scheduled bout, due to an illness that Ray Borg's team claims is unrelated to his weight cut. However, journalist Ariel Helwani's article includes some interesting info. Via MMAfighting.com:
“It wasn't weight related,” Borg’s nutritionist Dr. Michelle Ingels of Perfecting Athletes told MMA Fighting. “Ray has been getting progressively more sick each day this week and still wanted to fight so badly that he put on a game face and went to all of his fight week obligations. “However, prior to beginning the bulk of his weight cut the UFC doctor examined Borg and concluded that he was too ill to fight this week and needed time to rest and get better.”
Earlier on Thursday, Borg told MMA Fighting he had eight more pounds to cut before Friday morning’s weigh-in.
“That’s amazing for me,” he said.
8 pounds over 1 day before the weigh in! (for a 125 lb fighter no less) and he considers that "amazing."
Does UFC need to institute weight checks similar to the WBC, 30 days and 7 days prior to a bout, with percentage of the contracted weight limitations at those weigh ins?
“It wasn't weight related,” Borg’s nutritionist Dr. Michelle Ingels of Perfecting Athletes told MMA Fighting. “Ray has been getting progressively more sick each day this week and still wanted to fight so badly that he put on a game face and went to all of his fight week obligations. “However, prior to beginning the bulk of his weight cut the UFC doctor examined Borg and concluded that he was too ill to fight this week and needed time to rest and get better.”
Earlier on Thursday, Borg told MMA Fighting he had eight more pounds to cut before Friday morning’s weigh-in.
“That’s amazing for me,” he said.
8 pounds over 1 day before the weigh in! (for a 125 lb fighter no less) and he considers that "amazing."
Does UFC need to institute weight checks similar to the WBC, 30 days and 7 days prior to a bout, with percentage of the contracted weight limitations at those weigh ins?
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