Bobby Green apparently collapsed backstage
#UFC258— José Youngs (@JoseYoungs)
February 12, 2021
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 258 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. One of the more intriguing matchups ahead of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view card this weekend
has been pulled after a scary incident. Shortly after the UFC
258 weigh-in ceremony, Bobby Green,
who
made weight ahead of his match with Jim Miller,
passed out backstage. UFC President Dana White announced this
unfortunate situation in a media scrum on Friday. White explained
that doctors were examining the lightweight. After the review, per
ESPN,
the bout was removed from the card.
“Bobby
Green just collapsed back there,” White explained. “Doctors are
looking at him. They’re trying to rehydrate him right now.”
While White stated that the medical staff was looking to rehydrate
Green, he was not certain to tie it to Green’s weight cut. Green
was the final fighter to step on the scale on Friday, and he hit
the lightweight cap of 156 pounds. Due to the removal of
Green-Miller, the featherweight scrap between Ricky
Simon and Brian
Kelleher has been placed on the main card.
Green was looking to rebound from a controversial loss to Thiago
Moises that ended his longest win streak since 2014. Prior to
the defeat against Moises, “King” rattled off a trio of decision
victories over Clay Guida,
Lando
Vannata and Alan
Patrick. In each of his last nine bouts, Green has left his
fight in the hands of the judges, with a flat .500 record with four
wins, four losses and a draw.
Miller has alternated wins and losses in each of his last four
appearances, with first-round submission triumphs over Guida and
Roosevelt
Roberts interspersed with decision setbacks to Scott
Holtzman and Vinc Pichel.
Miller was looking to set the record for the most fights in UFC
history with 37, but he will now have to wait. Additionally, Miller
is two wins shy of the all-time UFC record held by Donald
Cerrone (23).
UFC 258 will still carry on at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Feb.
13. The main attraction sees a major welterweight championship
affair as Kamaru
Usman looks to keep his iron grip on the gold against Gilbert
Burns. Drawing the co-main assignment is a flyweight matchup as
Maycee
Barber tries to bounce back from her first career setback
against Alexa
Grasso.
