{"id":268097,"date":"2018-01-18T07:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268097"},"modified":"2018-01-18T07:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:47:20","slug":"uriah-hall-recounts-terrifying-weight-cut-responds-dana-whites-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/uriah-hall\/uriah-hall-recounts-terrifying-weight-cut-responds-dana-whites-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Uriah Hall recounts terrifying weight-cut, responds to Dana White’s backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uriah Hall was supposed to return to the cage in the co-main event of the UFC’s Saturday debut in St. Louis. Regrettably, a disastrous and harrowing weight cut nixed this plan and left him in a dire situation in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Hall recounted this terrifying experience in a recent statement on social media.<\/p>\n

“I know there’s a lot of miscommunication of what’s going on,” Hall said (transcribed by Hunter Homistek of\u00a0FloCombat<\/a>.). “People think I punked out. I definitely want to apologize to Vitor and his camp. I know it sucks to go through all that and then not fight. I’ve been there, man, but for the record, I did make weight, I just failed to make it to the scale, which sucked.”<\/p>\n

“I never had a problem cutting weight, and what happened was I ignored some issues that happened prior. As a fighter, we don’t have sick days. I know some of you have sick days. I don’t have a sick day. So for me, it was just to show up, and I showed up, but my body just was not showing up with it.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have to really get into details,” Hall continued. “It was a harder cut than normal because the injuries that I had didn’t allow me to really cut the weight properly. As much as I neglected my safety and my health, which was the dumbest thing to do — I will never do that again, your health is important.”<\/p>\n

Uriah Hall also responded to Dana White’s recent comments, which were far<\/em> from understanding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“As far as clearing up the air with [White], I heard [he said] was partying in LA, what else was I doing? [He said] I wasn’t taking my training seriously and I wasn’t following procedure, there you go,” Hall said. “You mean to tell me my entire career, all of a sudden I’m going to party in LA — it’s too funny man, oh my god, but that’s what happens when you don’t come out, like, a lot of speculations.<\/p>\n

“I was in the hospital, of course. It was probably the most dramatic experience I’ve ever had. I mean, I was in and out of it. I was conscious, but I was unconscious. I knew what was happening but I was fighting over it. I was punching. I think I had a mini seizure and at the same time a slight heart attack. My kidneys were just not good.”<\/p>\n

Hall then reiterated that he had every intention of fighting, but that is simply wasn’t possible. In fact, his doctor told him he could have died.<\/p>\n

“Man, I was so ready to freakin’ throw down, but you know what? Shit happens. The doctor even said, even if I made weight, I probably would’ve died the next day because my body wasn’t having it… I did it for the fans, I did it to get paid, I did it to make sure I showed up, but at the end of the day, man, your life is not worth it.”<\/p>\n