UFC CEO Dana White has actually verified that Ian Machado Garry has actually been pulled from UFC 296, simply over 2 days before the Dubliner was arranged to eliminate Vicente Luque in Las Vegas.
Reacting to speculation online, White published a video to social networks over night validating that the unbeaten Dubliner had actually been required to withdraw from the battle.
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“Alright guys, I understand it’s out there– there is some speculation that Ian Garry and Luque is off. It holds true, it is [off],”White stated in the short clip.”
“Ian Garry began with the influenza that developed into pneumonia,” White continued. “So that battle is off and is not occurring. It holds true.”
The Irishman elimination from this weekend’s bumper pay-per-view card comes in the middle of a background of extreme media analysis into Garry, much of which was sourced from unverified rumours online.
Garry, who has actually kept a low profile in current weeks, had actually been anticipated to speak with the media in Las Vegas on Wednesday however while his challenger, Luque, provided remarks to press reporters Garry was not amongst the fighters provided to press reporters– with his disease now likely the factor for his non-appearance.