After dropping his second UFC fight to John Makdessi in July, Mehdi Baghdad had a chance to redeem himself.
Or so he thought.
The lightweight fighter was booked to fight Jon Tuck at UFC Fight Night 97 in Manila, Philippines in October. Shortly after the bout was confirmed, Baghdad was forced to pull out with an abdominal hernia and was subsequently released from the promotion.
“I was in emergency the night before I gave the bad news that I had to pull out,” Baghdad told BloodyElbow.com’s The MMA Circus. “I called my manager, my manager called Joe Silva.