Gabi Garcia said she stopped trying to lose weight for her scheduled MMA fight against Shinobu Kandori last month in Japan because she feared serious health consequences.
On Thursday, TMZ Sports passed along comments about the fight cancellation from Garcia, who said she missed the weight cutoff by 17 pounds—not 27.
“I decide not cut weight because I feeling like I almost died,” she said.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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