Jessica Aguilar was supposed to fight Jodie Esquibel last month at UFC Utica. She went through a training camp, cut weight and arrived at Adirondack Bank Center in upstate New York City. But the fight didn’t go off.
The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) yanked Aguilar from the planned bout for a “potentially contagious” medical condition, a spokesperson for the New York Department of State would later say. Aguilar says she just had chapped lips at weigh-ins and was applying balm when the NYSAC officials singled her out.
The spokesperson said that Aguilar’s condition worsened overnight and that’s why the fight was canceled.