The 24-year-old’s body wasn’t responding as he had hoped and he felt he wouldn’t be able to make the 126 pound maximum for a non-title flyweight tilt.
It is unknown if McCall will still receive his show money if he makes weight when he tips the scale later today as and “alternate.”
As a result, the heavyweight tango between Damian Grabowski vs. Anthony Hamilton, which was originally slated to appear on the UFC Fight Pass portion of the event, gets bumped to the Fox Sports 1 broadcast. Flyweights Ryan Benoit and Fredy Serrano get promoted to the main card courtesy of Scoggins.