Justin Scoggins Pulls Out Of Bout With Ian McCall At UFC 201

ByAndrew Ravens
Justin Scoggins

Justin Scoggins is out of his flyweight bout against Ian McCall at UFC 201 due to weight cutting issues. While the UFC has yet to pull McCall from the event, getting an opponent for him on such short notice is not likely.

“We just had to make a horrible, disappointing call,” Chris Scoggins, who is Justin’s dad, told Bloody Elbow. “Justin could not get below 132.5 pounds. He was all good and his body just stopped allowing the weight to come off. No sweating, nothing. That’s too much [of a] weight difference for a catchweight so Justin is out. This is horrible.”

UFC 201 takes place on Saturday, July 30th, 2016 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The UFC Fight Pass prelims will begin at 6:30PM/3:30PM ET PT while the FS2 prelims will begin at 8PM/5PM ET PT and the main card starts at 10PM/7PM ET PT.

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The main event will be a welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley while the co-main event will be Rose Namajunas vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Rounding out the main card is Matt Brown vs. Jake Ellenberger, Francisco Rivera vs. Erik Perez, and Ian McCall vs. Justin Scoggins.

Here is the current card:

Main Card (PPV at 10PM/7PM ET PT)

Welterweight Title bout: Robbie Lawler (27-10, 1NC) vs. Tyron Woodley (15-3)

Women’s strawweight bout: Rose Namajunas (5-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (9-0)

Welterweight bout: Matt Brown (20-14) vs. Jake Ellenberger (30-11)

Bantamweight bout: Francisco Rivera (11-6, 1NC) vs. Erik Perez (15-6)

Flyweight bout: Ian McCall (13-5-1) vs. TBA

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FOX Sports 2 Prelims (8PM/5PM ET PT)

Light heavyweight bout: Nikita Krylov (20-4) vs. Ed Herman (23-11, 1NC)

Welterweight bout: Jorge Masvidal (29-11) vs. Ross Pearson (19-11, 1NC)

Heavyweight bout: Anthony Hamilton (14-5) vs. Damian Grabowski (20-3)

Flyweight bout: Wilson Reis (20-6) vs. Hector Sandoval (12-2)

UFC Fight Pass Prelims (6:30PM/3:30PM ET PT)

Welterweight bout: Michael Graves (6-0) vs. Bojan Velickovic (14-3)

Flyweight bout: Ryan Benoit (8-4) vs. Fredy Serrano (3-0)

Lightweight bout: Cesar Arzamendia (7-2) vs. Damien Brown (15-9)

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Andrew Ravens has been writing about combat sports since 2013 and has been a fan for over ten years! Andrew brings a different style to his work with an insider look into the fighters themselves.

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