Henry Cejudo was scheduled to make his UFC debut tomorrow night at UFC 177 in Sacramento, California against Scott Jorgensen but Cejudo has been pulled from the event due to medical reasons.
The withdrawal of Cejudo was announced by the UFC on Friday afternoon in a statement on the promotions website.
“Due to medical reasons, debuting flyweight Henry Cejudo has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s UFC 177 bout against Scott Jorgensen in Sacramento,” the statement said. “The card will continue as scheduled with nine bouts.”
Following the statement by the UFC, Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie.com reported details on why Cejudo was pulled from the event. Cejudo’s manager, William McFarlane told Marrocco that weight-cutting complications was the reason for the fighter being pulled from the event.
With Cejudo being unable to compete, this also means Jorgensen is off the card. Jorgensen reacted to the news of his opponent being unable to compete on Twitter and wish the best for Cejudo.
Made weight @ 11am, stepping out of the sauna got a call saying fights off. extremely disappointed & bummed @KitCope & I put in so much work
— Scott jorgensen (@Scottjorgensen) August 29, 2014
I love to fight. I did the hardest part of camp and a weight cut to not get to play.
— Scott jorgensen (@Scottjorgensen) August 29, 2014
Best wishes to cejudo and hope he is good. health is important. I’m just bummed I don’t get to fight — Scott jorgensen (@Scottjorgensen) August 29, 2014
The current UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Barao II fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
TJ Dillashaw (10-2) vs. Renan Barao (32-2, 1NC)
Danny Castillo (17-6) vs. Tony Ferguson (15-3)
Bethe Correia (8-0) vs. Shayna Baszler (15-8)
Yancy Medeiros (9-2, 1NC) vs. Damon Jackson (9-0)
Ramsey Nijem (9-4) vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira (10-0)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Lorenz Larkin (14-3, 1NC) vs. Derek Brunson (11-3)
Anthony Hamilton (12-3) vs. Ruan Potts (8-2)
Joe Soto (15-2) vs. Anthony Birchak (11-1)
Cain Carrizosa (6-0) vs. Chris Wade (7-1)