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UFC 204 Fight Called Off

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Sean Ross Sapp Oct 7, 2016 12:57PM

UFC 204 has been reduced to 11 fights.

UFC officials announced Friday that 29-year old bantamweight Ian Entwistle has been pulled from his planned fight with Rob Font at UFC 204 due to illness. As a result Lukasz Sajerwski vs Marc Diakese has been moved from UFC Fight Pass to the Fox Sports 1 prelims.

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Font successfully weighed in and still will receive his show money. Entwistle revealed on Instagram that a bad weight cut led to his illness.

 

Had some problems with my weight very early in to the weight cut I slipped in and out of consciousness during the bath was took to hospital administrated I.v and some other drugs the ufc staff was great all the way thru they came to the hospital I said I could still fight and asked if we could do a same day weigh in and he took a big percentage of my purse it seemed positive at the time the ufc spoke to the doctors and they went to consult with there own doctors. I got a phone call from joe silva this morning explaining he couldn't let me fight due to the problem with my kidneys which I have to accept I would like to apologise to the ufc and rob font and everyone that was looking forward to seeing the fight I did the same weight cut and same routine for the last 3 ufc fights and I made weight easy in my last fight and didn't need the weight allowance for my last fight I don't know why it happened so early in the cut. Gutted I won't be on ufc204 I don't think I will ever risk putting my body thru another weight cut but will be finding out more in the upcoming weeks so I am going to have to think about where I go from here as regards fighting again

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 The UFC released a statement, which you can see below.

On the advice of physicians, and with the athlete's health and safety in mind, UFC has removed Ian Entwistle from his bout tomorrow night against Rob Font at UFC 204 in Manchester, England due to illness.

UFC 204 will proceed with 11 bouts. Font will serve as a backup in the event a bantamweight from the card cannot compete.

UFC 204 takes place Saturday Night from Manchester, England. Fightful will have full coverage of the event and a post-show podcast. 

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