Ian McCall vs. Ray Borg Removed From UFC 203 Due To Illness
The UFC 203 pay-per-view event will go down this Saturday September 10, but without one of its original bouts. The flyweight tilt between Ian McCall and Ray Borg has been called off due to sickness. ‘Uncle Creepy’ has not competed since his January 2015 loss to John Lineker at UFC 183. The former title challenger was set to come back in August of the same year against Dustin Ortiz, but fell injured just weeks prior to UFC Fight Night 73.
McCall was then slated for a 125-pound burner against Justin Scoggins at UFC 201. ‘Tank’ was pulled from that fight just two days before, leaving ‘Uncle Creepy’ without an opponent. It appears that almost identical circumstances have struck again at UFC 203. As confirmed by FOX Sports, Borg was taken ill late Wednesday night and removed from the card. After a short period of attempting to find a replacement, the promotion also removed McCall from the card.
Unlucky Uncle
That’s two fights within months that have fallen apart for Ian McCall, making him perhaps the unluckiest uncle in the UFC right now. As a result of Ray Borg being pulled, and also visa issues forcing the delay of Damir Hadzovic vs. Yukawa Kazuya, there are now three fights on the Fight Pass and FOX prelims. The main event for the evening remains intact of course, as heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic takes on the highly decorated knockout artist Alistair Overeem.
Somehow CM Punk finds himself on a main card for his first ever MMA fight against Mickey Gall. The co-main event for the show in Cleveland, Ohio is the rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne.
Here’s how the UFC 203 fight card looks as of now:
Event: UFC 203 “Miocic vs. Overeem”
Date: Sat., Sept. 10, 2016
Location: Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View
UFC 203 PPV Main Event:
265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem
UFC 203 PPV Co-Main Event:
265 lbs.: Fabricio Werdum vs. Travis Browne
UFC 203 PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET):
170 lbs.: CM Punk vs. Mickey Gall
135 lbs.: Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera
115 lbs.: Jessica Andrade vs. Joanne Calderwood
UFC 203 FOX Sports 1 “Prelims” (8 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: Bethe Correia vs. Jessica Eye
145 lbs.: Nik Lentz vs. Michael McBride
265 lbs.: Caio Magalhaes vs. Brad Tavares
125 lbs.: Ian McCall vs. Ray Borg Illness
UFC 203 Fight Pass “Prelims” (6 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Yancy Medeiros vs. Sean Spencer
185 lbs.: Francimar Barroso vs. CB Dollaway
170 lbs.: Drew Dober vs. Jason Gonzalez
155 lbs.: Damir Hadzovic vs. Yukawa Kazuya Visa Issues
