Al Iaquinta's roller-coaster road to UFC Fight Night 71 ended in disappointment on Monday. After losing original opponent Bobby Green to injury, Iaquinta abruptly lost his replacement opponent when former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez was forcibly removed from the July 15 event due to a failed drug test, leaving Iaquinta without a dance partner, and thus, off of UFC Fight Night 71 entirely.
"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.