Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lost one of its most exciting flyweights this past weekend when SBG Ireland product and Conor McGregor teammate, Paddy Holohan, was forced to retire on the advice of his doctors, leaving Willie Gates without an opponent for UFC Fight Night 87.
"I was born with a factor missing in my blood called Factor XIII. I never disclosed it then or now. I can no longer pass the medical requirements to compete. I knew that it was so rare that organizations wouldn't understand or take the chance with me, as I have found out now.