Today’s UFC Vegas 5 card, headlined by Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbayzan, went through a bevvy of alterations over the past 48 hours with three fighters pulling out of the event.
Former UFC flyweight title challenger Ray Borg, veteran middleweight Eric Spicely and promotional debutant Timur Valiev were all removed from the event ahead of yesterday’s weigh-ins. The reason for all three fighters’ absences was initially ‘undisclosed’.
However, Spicely decided “for the sake of transparency” to let folks know why we was not able to make his date with Markus Perez inside the UFC APEX Octagon.