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UFC Belfast Weigh-Ins: Ian McCall Out, Zak Cummings Misses Weight
UFC Belfast Weigh-Ins: Ian McCall Out, Zak Cummings Misses Weight
Ian McCall is off yet another UFC card, as an illness has forced him out of UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast.
There was high drama at yet another UFC early morning weigh-in Friday as fighters missed weight and fights got cancelled ahead of UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
For an incredible third time this year, UFC flyweight Ian McCall had his fight scrapped on fight week after he fell ill Thursday evening, reportedly due to food poisoning.
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McCall was scheduled to face Neil Seery this Saturday, but the fight has been canceled after McCall was unable to make weight Friday morning.
McCall has been hampered with bad luck in recent years, suffering a string of injuries and opponent changes that forced him to make only six UFC appearances since 2012.
Speaking to the press this week, McCall said he was excited to fight in Ireland again following his victory in Dublin in 2014 and often mentioned that he knew Seery would be professional and make it to fight night.
This is particularly upsetting for Seery, who announced earlier this year this would be his last fight in mixed martial arts and personally requested the matchup with McCall in Belfast in front of his home crowd.
With Seery now not fighting, the only men with Irish passports left on the card are Charlie Ward and Russian-born Irishman Artem Lobov.
At this point in time, it is unknown if the fight will be rescheduled for a later date, with Seery's intention to retire and McCall recently stating that if he suffered another injury and had to go through another surgery, he would also retire from mixed martial arts.
Brad Pickett was on the scene during early weigh-ins, campaigning to fill in for McCall on incredibly short notice. However, he was denied the opportunity by matchmaker Sean Shelby.
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All of other fights on the card remain intact following the weigh-ins, though welterweight Zak Cummings did miss weight by 1.8 pounds when he tipped the scales at 172.8 pounds.
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His fight with Alexander Yakolev will still go ahead; however, Cummings will be penalized 20 percent of his fight purse.
For an incredible third time this year, UFC flyweight Ian McCall had his fight scrapped on fight week after he fell ill Thursday evening, reportedly due to food poisoning.
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McCall was scheduled to face Neil Seery this Saturday, but the fight has been canceled after McCall was unable to make weight Friday morning.
McCall has been hampered with bad luck in recent years, suffering a string of injuries and opponent changes that forced him to make only six UFC appearances since 2012.
Speaking to the press this week, McCall said he was excited to fight in Ireland again following his victory in Dublin in 2014 and often mentioned that he knew Seery would be professional and make it to fight night.
This is particularly upsetting for Seery, who announced earlier this year this would be his last fight in mixed martial arts and personally requested the matchup with McCall in Belfast in front of his home crowd.
With Seery now not fighting, the only men with Irish passports left on the card are Charlie Ward and Russian-born Irishman Artem Lobov.
At this point in time, it is unknown if the fight will be rescheduled for a later date, with Seery's intention to retire and McCall recently stating that if he suffered another injury and had to go through another surgery, he would also retire from mixed martial arts.
Brad Pickett was on the scene during early weigh-ins, campaigning to fill in for McCall on incredibly short notice. However, he was denied the opportunity by matchmaker Sean Shelby.
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All of other fights on the card remain intact following the weigh-ins, though welterweight Zak Cummings did miss weight by 1.8 pounds when he tipped the scales at 172.8 pounds.
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His fight with Alexander Yakolev will still go ahead; however, Cummings will be penalized 20 percent of his fight purse.