{"id":154112,"date":"2015-07-07T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=154112"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:41:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:41:01","slug":"ssiaquinta-on-being-pulled-from-ufn-71-i-want-to-slam-my-head-on-the-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ssiaquinta-on-being-pulled-from-ufn-71-i-want-to-slam-my-head-on-the-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta : ‘I Want To Slam My Head On The Desk’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta has now gone from fighting Bobby Green, to fighting Gilbert Melendez, to now fighting no one.<\/p>\n

Yesterday news surfaced that Melendez had failed a drug test<\/a> from UFC 188 and will be suspended for a year. The UFC pulled him from his fight with Iaquinta scheduled for July 15 and now Iaquinta has been completely\u00a0scratched from the card.<\/p>\n

Iaquinta was scheduled to fight Bobby Green, who pulled out with an injury. Melendez, coming off of a tough and controversial loss to Eddie Alvarez, stepped in on short notice to take on Raging Al.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Iaquinta talked on The MMA Hour<\/a> about the situation and his frustration.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know what I want to do. I want to break something. I want to slam my head on the desk again. I don’t know. I’m just disappointed. I can’t describe it, man.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I was ready to go. It was a perfect fight for me stylistically. I brought in guys who really had a good style and I’ve been doing great with the sparring, so it’s just, I don’t know, I’m just frustrated right now, man. I’m real frustrated.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Sounds like he’s taking it pretty hard.<\/p>\n

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