UFC knew Nate Marquardt didn’t meet Medical Requirements six weeks earlier, Commission suspends indefinitely

Right now details of why Nate Marquardt was removed from the main event of the UFC on Versus 4 card are murky. But what we can confirm at this moment is that the UFC knew Nate for six weeks prior to the event that he may have a medical issue that would prevent him from competing in the card. The executive director of the Pennsylvania Atheltic Commission Greg Sirb spoke to MMAWeekly.com and had this to say:

“Nate has known for probably about a month and a half. He knew the situation. It was no surprise. Everybody (including the UFC) knew. Everybody’s known. I think everybody assumed he was going to be able to qualify,”

“I thought he would (qualify), I really did.”

“We’ve known about it and we gave him every opportunity, the last report we got was 3 o’clock yesterday, we gave him as much leeway as we could, obviously we’ve got a live event, you’ve got to make the call. The UFC made the call when we said no he’s not going to meet it,” Sirb commented.

“We can’t say anything, this state is real tight on those types of laws, HIPPA laws are very strict. If Nate’s here, I don’t know if he’s here or not, he’s free to talk,” Sirb stated.

“I told him I felt for the kid. I really did. He knew about it, he was trying and he missed out on a big payday,” Sirb said about Marquardt.

“He needs to show us a new report, if that report comes in and it meets our requirements, it could be tomorrow and we’ll take him off. It could be 2 months, but it’s an indefinite suspension until he brings in that report we’re looking for.”

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