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Friday, Sep 08, 2017

UFC 215: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg Cancelled

Johnson (left) and Borg (photo via UFC)

By FCF Staff

One day out from UFC 215 in Edmonton, Alberta, the promotion has announced that the card will no longer feature Demetrious Johnson versus Ray Borg.

The latter was scheduled to fight the flyweight champ in the headliner, but recently the UFC released the following statement:

Due to a viral illness to UFC flyweight contender Ray Borg, the main event bout against champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 215 has been cancelled. Borg was deemed unfit to compete by the UFC medical team.

UFC 215, which is now headlined by the women’s bantamweight championship between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko, will proceed as scheduled with 11 bouts at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. Moving to the Pay-Per-View main card will be the flyweight bout between Henry Cejudo and Wilson Reis. Additionally, the Mitch Clarke and Alex White lightweight contest will now kick off the FS1 prelims.

With the removal of Johnson vs. Borg, customers may request a full refund of purchased tickets at point of sale.

posted by FCF Staff @ 10:30 am
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