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Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg Fight Rebooked for UFC 216

Ray Borg will get a chance at Demetrious Johnson after all.
The UFC announced Wednesday the two will fight at UFC 216 in Las Vegas on Oct. 7. This comes after Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting reported Friday the main card bout between the two fighters for…

Ray Borg will get a chance at Demetrious Johnson after all.

The UFC announced Wednesday the two will fight at UFC 216 in Las Vegas on Oct. 7. This comes after Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting reported Friday the main card bout between the two fighters for UFC 215 in Edmonton, Canada, was cancelled because of Borg’s illness.

Borg “was deemed unfit to fight by UFC doctors,” Helwani wrote.

Brett Okamoto of ESPN.com noted an interim lightweight fight between Kevin Lee and Tony Ferguson was initially announced as the headliner for UFC 216. It’s unclear if Johnson-Borg will now be the main event.

Johnson will be going for history in the upcoming bout.

Johnson—who last fought on April 15 when he defeated Wilson Reis by submission—tied Anderson Silva’s record by defending his flyweight title for a 10th consecutive time. Borg defeated Jussier Formiga at UFC Fight Night 106 on March 11 last time he was in the Octagon.

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Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg Rescheduled For UFC 216

As expected, Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg has been re-booked. MMA Fighting has confirmed that the flyweight title fight will go down at October 7’s UFC 216 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was set for last weekend’s (Sat., September 9, 2017) UFC 215 from Edmonton, but a viral illness for Borg […]

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As expected, Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg has been re-booked.

MMA Fighting has confirmed that the flyweight title fight will go down at October 7’s UFC 216 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fight was set for last weekend’s (Sat., September 9, 2017) UFC 215 from Edmonton, but a viral illness for Borg caused a last-minute cancellation. UFC 216 as tabbed as a potential replacement venue, and “Mighty Mouse” issued Borg an ultimatum that it was sort of there or never for the fight in 2017.

The top pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, Johnson will attempt to break his tie with Anderson Silva for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC history with 10, but he’s going to need Borg, who has a long and disappointing history of missing weight and pulling out of fights, to show up first.

The anticipated interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee was originally set to headline UFC 216, but it now stands unknown if the bout will remain in the headliner spot or be moved to the co-main event for Johnson vs. Borg.

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Demetrious Johnson Says he Has no Idea if Ray Borg Will Show up to Fight

Demetrious Johnson will likely meet Ray Borg at UFC 216 … or will he? The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title holder thought he’d go for a record-breaking feat this past Saturday night (Sept. 9) at UFC 215. He was scheduled to defend his gold against Borg. It didn’t work out that way as Borg […]

Demetrious Johnson will likely meet Ray Borg at UFC 216 … or will he? The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title holder thought he’d go for a record-breaking feat this past Saturday night (Sept. 9) at UFC 215. He was scheduled to defend his gold against Borg. It didn’t work out that way as Borg […]

Demetrious Johnson Issues Ray Borg Ultimatum For UFC 216

Dominant UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson is willing to give Ray Borg another crack at the title after “The TazMexican Devil” pulled out of their scheduled UFC 215 fight last weekend due to illness. He’s just not willing to wait that long. ‘Mighty Mouse was all set to break Anderson Silva’s record for consecutive title […]

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Dominant UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson is willing to give Ray Borg another crack at the title after “The TazMexican Devil” pulled out of their scheduled UFC 215 fight last weekend due to illness.

He’s just not willing to wait that long.

‘Mighty Mouse was all set to break Anderson Silva’s record for consecutive title defenses with 11, a number he could have already reached had Borg been healthy enough to make it to the fight. But Johnson isn’t going to get up in arms about it, and he recently told ESPN (via Bloody Elbow) that while cancellations like this happen in the fight game, he wants to fight Borg at October 7’s UFC 216 from Las Vegas:

“He’s sick, it’s just a little flu. [UFC 216] is an option they gave me and I said, ‘Sounds fine.’ At the end of the day, [fight cancellations] happen all the time.

“I’ve [postponed] a fight before.”

If his bosses call him and state that UFC 216 won’t work, however, Johnson is ready to take the rest of the year off:

“Now, if they call me and say Oct. 7th is not going to work, you need to push it longer — I might just be done for the year. I’m not going to [extend] six or seven weeks. That’s when injuries happen. Things accumulate.”

The MMA world will have to await the UFC’s call, as it’s an uncertain one considering Borg’s long history of missing weight. He also pulled out of a bout with Ian McCall at 2016’s UFC 203 because of illness and has been confrontational with online critics of his withdrawal last week.

It’s a quick turnaround to make UFC 216 in the biggest fight of his life, and it’s questionable if Borg can continue to compete at 125 pounds consistently. If he cannot, he may have just squandered the biggest match-up of his UFC career.

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UFC Champion Demetrious Johnson Unsure of UFC 215 Pay

Typically, when a fight is called off late in the game, the UFC will still supply the planned fight check. UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, though, remains in the dark about receiving any potential payment for his scrapped UFC 215 main event fight with Ray Borg. Borg was forced out of the contest late last […]

Typically, when a fight is called off late in the game, the UFC will still supply the planned fight check. UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, though, remains in the dark about receiving any potential payment for his scrapped UFC 215 main event fight with Ray Borg. Borg was forced out of the contest late last […]

UFC 215 Post-Fight Press Conference

UFC 215 is in the books tonight (Sat., September 9, 2017) from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and women’s 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes has retained her title over Valentina Shevchenko in a close, hard-fought split decision. In the co-main event, suddenly streaking welterweight contender Rafael dos Anjos put on a shocking and dominant performance […]

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UFC 215 is in the books tonight (Sat., September 9, 2017) from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and women’s 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes has retained her title over Valentina Shevchenko in a close, hard-fought split decision.

In the co-main event, suddenly streaking welterweight contender Rafael dos Anjos put on a shocking and dominant performance against 170-pound mainstay Neil Magny, submitting the much taller fighter with a brutal first-round arm triangle choke following a decisive display of grappling prowess.

Watch the fighters discuss the action in the post-fight press conference streaming live right after the main card here:

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