The UFC middleweight detailed the frightening reasons behind his cancelled fight with Vitor Belfort.
Uriah Hall was due to face Vitor Belfort at last weekend’s UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi in St. Louis, MO. However, the former Ultimate Fighter contestant never made it to the scale and his fight with ‘The Phenom’ was pulled from the card.
In a recent live cast from his Instagram account, Hall detailed the reasons why he wasn’t able to compete.
According to Hall the medical problems that occurred last week were mostly due to ‘some issues’ he had ignored after an earlier injury. Hall did not go into further detail about these issues or the past injury.
Hall did further describe what happened while he was preparing for the official weigh-ins. “It was probably the most traumatic experience I’ve ever had,” he said referring to the moment he fainted on his way to the scales.
“I mean, I was in and out of it. I was conscious, but I was unconscious. I knew what was happening, but I was fighting over it. I was punching. I think I had a mini-seizure and at the same time a slight heart attack. My kidneys were just not good.”
Hall was reportedly hospitalized during this ordeal (per Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting).
In the aftermath of UFC St. Louis, UFC president Dana White spoke of his displeasure regarding Hall not being able to compete. He told reporters that Hall “doesn’t take his training serious” and alleged that the fighter was partying in Los Angeles the week before the event.
On his live cast Hall denied White’s claims about the LA parties.
If Hall had weighed-in and competed, he believes — based on what a doctor told him — that he would have probably “died the next day.”
The entire live cast can be seen below: