Another UFC main event has been canceled just days away from the scheduled date. This time it was for the UFC 215 flyweight title fight featuring Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg. Borg, the challenger was forced to withdraw from the title fight due to being ill and was deemed unfit to compete by medical doctors.
Members of the MMA community reacted to the disappointing news as the UFC released a statement on Borg’s illness and the process of UFC 215 ticket refunds.
Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, who was originally being lined up to fight Johnson for this fight reacted on Twitter. Johnson, who has the chance to set the UFC record for most successful consecutive title defenses in his next UFC flyweight title fight would not accept the fight with Dillashaw, who has never competed professionally at flyweight. “Mighty Mouse” did not like the principle of Dillashaw skipping the line of flyweight contenders, which is how the matchup with Borg was arranged.
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— TJ Dillashaw (@TJDillashaw) September 8, 2017
get rid of the fucking weight cut @ufc !Guys are getting sick and ruining business.Add weight classes. Why are we waiting for someone to die
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) September 8, 2017
Card in canada are cursed :/
— Olivier Aubin (@oliaubin) September 8, 2017
WTF!!!…. #UFC215 #iwaslookingforwardtothis #recordbreaker #getwell https://t.co/Hnd4HQuA3W
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) September 8, 2017
Well sumbitch… guess there will be no records broken this weekend! https://t.co/4dxLnVntkX
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) September 8, 2017
Terrible news. I clearly am on a very similar boat with late cancellation, but main event…yikes poor Canada https://t.co/KL9t9AtAP7
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) September 8, 2017
Damn. I wanted to see the #MightyGOAT, @MightyMouseUFC. https://t.co/8KlqtKyYj3
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) September 8, 2017
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) September 8, 2017
— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) September 8, 2017
#UFC215 main event canceled: Illness forces Ray Borg out of title fight vs. Demetrious Johnson. pic.twitter.com/tsLI4CtXyR
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) September 8, 2017
Ray Borg has twice pulled out of UFC bouts due to illness, twice missed weight in UFC bouts, twice withdrawn from UFC bouts due to injury.
— Crucial Mookie (@mookiealexander) September 8, 2017
At least he's consistent… #RayBailed #UFC215 https://t.co/DEfQVwXjX7
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) September 8, 2017
Borg is weak in my mind, you're the challenger and prolly will get skipped over
— Mike "Biggie" Rhodes (@TeamRocBiggie) September 8, 2017
When @TJDillashaw found out the DJ-Borg fight was off… pic.twitter.com/n8DV5Cmxsy
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) September 8, 2017
You refused to fight TJ. Instead went with a guy who had missed weight 2 of his last 4 fights. There ya go. #UFC
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 8, 2017
Fuck!
I was looking forward to that ☹️ https://t.co/qtWm7vQ0FH— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) September 8, 2017
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 9/8/2017.