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UFC fighter passes out cutting weight, pulled from UFC 188 line up

I've got bad news for the two or three of you looking forward to the Octagon debut of Andrew Todhunter.

"The Sniper," who took his welterweight bout against Albert Tumenov on short notice when Hector Urbina was injured, passed out while cutting weight, according to MMA Fighting, and has been pulled from tomorrow night's (Sat., June 13, 2015) UFC 188 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Mexico City.

"This is a really unfortunate situation, but health is the No. 1 priority," Todhunter's manager Charles McCarthy said in a statement. "Andrew was excited as anyone I've ever seen to make his UFC debut.