Ian Entwistle pulls out of his 204 fight due to illness, Diakiese/Sajewski moved to FS1 prelims

[JayPettryMMA]

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/10/ian-en...ard-diakiese-sajewski-promoted-to-fs1-prelims

An illness has forced Ian Entwistle off the UFC 204 lineup a day before his scheduled bout.

A UFC official today told MMAjunkie an undisclosed illness has forced Entwistle (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) out of his fight with bantamweight Rob Font (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

The news came just minutes before today’s UFC 204 officials weigh-ins were set to conclude; Entwistle didn’t weigh in, though Font successfully made weight.


By making weight, Font should be able to get paid his show and win bonus, it happened to Ian McCall before when his opponent could not fight but he showed up and made weight. Too bad to lose a fight right before weigh-ins, and it shortens the card to 11 fights. I was looking forward to seeing if Entwistle could keep his first round streak alive. Every fight he's been in has ended in the first round, win or lose.


Edit: Entwistle posted a statement

 

[chitoortiz]

That sucks.

I had Enty as my underdog pick of the night.

 

[Necrocrawler]

That sucks.

I had Enty as my underdog pick of the night.

Me too...
Dude has a awkward way of fighting but he's nice to watch.

 

[Jawbox01]

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/10/ian-en...ard-diakiese-sajewski-promoted-to-fs1-prelims

An illness has forced Ian Entwistle off the UFC 204 lineup a day before his scheduled bout.

A UFC official today told MMAjunkie an undisclosed illness has forced Entwistle (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) out of his fight with bantamweight Rob Font (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

The news came just minutes before today’s UFC 204 officials weigh-ins were set to conclude; Entwistle didn’t weigh in, though Font successfully made weight.


By making weight, Font should be able to get paid his show and win bonus, it happened to Ian McCall before when his opponent could not fight but he showed up and made weight. Too bad to lose a fight right before weigh-ins, and it shortens the card to 11 fights. I was looking forward to seeing if Entwistle could keep his first round streak alive. Every fight he's been in has ended in the first round, win or lose.

Noone cares.

 

[Goatenstein]

Font would have knocked his head off. Convenient illness.

 

[Haj01]

Chael Sonnen would never pull out...

 

[ArtemV]

I was looking forward to Font beating him up, and Entwistle to complain about not being able to submit him.

 

[6AyTagR8]

Second scariest guy in the UFC after Anthony Johnson, at least based on his kamikaze style against lesser opponents. Looking forward to seeing him again, hopefully he has developed some defense

 

[chitoortiz]

Me too...
Dude has a awkward way of fighting but he's nice to watch.

Yep. He's relentless for those leg locks.

I wasn't completely confident in Rob Font's ground game. Plus he's got real long legs that would be easy to latch onto.

 

[NinjaNiK]

Was looking forward to seeing Rob Font fight again

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Was looking forward to seeing Rob Font fight again

Me too, I thought it would be a good scrap while it lasted.

 

[McgreGOATsLeft]

I was slightly disappointed when I heard about this...

 

[Hugh Gif Drew]

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/10/ian-en...ard-diakiese-sajewski-promoted-to-fs1-prelims

An illness has forced Ian Entwistle off the UFC 204 lineup a day before his scheduled bout.

A UFC official today told MMAjunkie an undisclosed illness has forced Entwistle (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) out of his fight with bantamweight Rob Font (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

The news came just minutes before today’s UFC 204 officials weigh-ins were set to conclude; Entwistle didn’t weigh in, though Font successfully made weight.


By making weight, Font should be able to get paid his show and win bonus, it happened to Ian McCall before when his opponent could not fight but he showed up and made weight. Too bad to lose a fight right before weigh-ins, and it shortens the card to 11 fights. I was looking forward to seeing if Entwistle could keep his first round streak alive. Every fight he's been in has ended in the first round, win or lose.

illness = weight cutting

 

[Just Creed]

Damn...was hoping to either see Font get heelhooked or Font get a first round ko

 

[JayPettryMMA]

illness = weight cutting

You are correct. Just read the statement.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Wouldve been an entertaining 2mins and Entwhistle saved himself some brain trauma. Font would've absolutely murdered him.