{"id":118707,"date":"2014-11-10T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T05:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=118707"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:10:41","slug":"ian-mccall-reveals-frightening-details-from-blood-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ian-mccall-reveals-frightening-details-from-blood-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McCall Reveals Frightening Details From Blood Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ian-mccall-this-job-is-killing-us\/ian-mccall-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117946\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ian-McCall.jpg\" alt=\"Ian McCall\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ian-McCall.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ian-McCall-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ian-McCall-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC flyweight Ian McCall was forced out of his UFC Fight Night 56 co-main event bout with John Lineker at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>It was later revealed that McCall had a blood infection, and as a result was pulled from the card.<\/p>\n<p>Now we have more details regarding the seriousness of the infection from McCall&#8217;s interview with Ariel Helwani on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/11\/10\/7189733\/ian-mcall-on-ufc-fight-night-56-pullout-my-body-completely-failed-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Once I weakened my immune system with my weight cut, my body completely failed me,&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the bout, McCall said his symptoms were minimal, but he turned down antibiotics because, <em>I don&#8217;t like putting that stuff in body, I don&#8217;t know how this stuff works.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However things became much more severe prior to weigh-ins for McCall.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Usually backstage, I&#8217;ve got a lot of energy, I&#8217;m shadow boxing, it&#8217;s also a mental thing. I like to show the person that I&#8217;ve got energy in spades, cardio in spades, I&#8217;m going to cut weight,  if we fought right now, I&#8217;d bury you. But I just couldn&#8217;t. I couldn&#8217;t move, I just wanted to save whatever energy I have for the stage. I went on, I made my weight, put on a little show, and then once we got backstage it just got worse, I started to drink, I couldn&#8217;t get food in, I took one bite of pineapple and I was like I need a trash can. So [UFC employee] Isabella [Hodge] brought one over. I didn&#8217;t throw up, even though I felt like it. they gave us the [pre-fight] speech and I couldn&#8217;t stand up. They had to get me an IV at the stadium, they were like let&#8217;s do it now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried to stay positive and keep breathing and relaxing and focused.  I was eating very small amounts of food, a protein shake here, a little bit of chicken and vegetables. I don&#8217;t gorge myself before the fight, I eat as healthy as I eat any other day. &#8230; I laid down and my body started steaming up. My throat, my back, my head, my hand, I had shooting pains, all the stuff, I had a lot of trouble breathing, I couldn&#8217;t really see, I had probably drank 10 pounds water, I had an IV in me, I should have felt a lot better. I couldn&#8217;t see my phone, luckily I was able to text my coach, \u2018you need to grab a doctor and come up, you gotta get the doctor, I don&#8217;t feel good, I don&#8217;t know what to do.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>McCall informed Helwani that he doesn&#8217;t remember much from his hospital visit, but upon arriving at his hotel, slept for 10-hours.  During his extended period of sleep, it was determined that he was unable to compete, and as a result the bout was scrapped.  Despite sympathy from everyone regarding the situation, McCall admitted he was let down that his body failed him.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I tried not to cry to myself.  I tried not to lay there and cry like a little girl. It&#8217;s depressing, it&#8217;s something you strive so hard for. I&#8217;m a machine, I can fight through this, Why? Why did my body fail me, why did I let this happen. People can talk all the shit they want, I don&#8217;t care what they say on twitter, people can say what they want, all these twitter trolls that talk shit. As far as mysef, look how much training I&#8217;ve put in. I know I&#8217;m in this good of shape. I know I&#8217;m this healthy. I know I&#8221;m this tough. I know I&#8217;m this much of a badass. How has this vehicle I&#8217;ve created failed me, why is it happening to me? You go through a whole range of emotions, I just laid there and just tried to be somehow positive about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want that fight.  I think it makes a lot of sense. I think that him trying to go around me is weird. We still have a date. We gotta dance, homie. We gotta get down, we&#8217;ve got some games to play. I get it, you don&#8217;t want to fight me, whatever stupid reasons you have in your mind. But I just think he realizes I&#8217;m a very bad fight for him. I made weight, I made 125 and I was sick. I&#8217;m going to make weight you missed weight [Lineker made weight on his second attempt] and you&#8217;re good. I think he realizes the type of individual that he&#8217;s going to have to deal with when I am 100 percent.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From all of us here at BJPenn.com we would like to wish Ian McCall a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC flyweight Ian McCall was forced out of his UFC Fight Night 56 co-main event bout with John Lineker at the last minute. It was later revealed that McCall had a blood infection, and as a result was pulled from the card. 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