With less than 24 hours before fight night, flyweight title contender Ray Borg pulled out of his scheduled championship bout against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 215. Fans pointed to various reasons, but ultimately, Borg received a lot of flak for the third fight cancellation of his UFC run.
Borg angrily responded to fans who critiqued him, without really explaining what happened. On Monday’s MMA Hour episode, he finally spoke in detail about what transpired during the 24 hours that led to him pulling out of the biggest fight of his career.
“The plane ride over there, I was just kinda feeling like shit,” Borg explained (transcript via MMA Fighting).