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Louis Smolka vs. Jose Quinonez cancelled on day of UFC Vegas 14

Louis Smolka vs. Jose Quinonez is the latest fight to be scratched from UFC Vegas 14.

A UFC official confirmed that the bout was canceled on Saturday. A person with knowledge of the situation also told MMA Fighting Smolka was forced to withdraw from the event when he suffered nausea and dizziness and threw up several times on Saturday morning. Smolka still hadn’t recovered at the time of this writing, the person added.

Smolka missed weight for the contest with Quinonez on Friday, coming in at 139 pounds, or three pounds over the non-title bantamweight limit; Smolka has fought much of his career as a flyweight but moved up to the 135-pound division in 2018.