EDMONTON, AB - SEPTEMBER 06: Ray Borg speaks to the media during the UFC 215 Ultimate Media Day at Rogers Place on September 6, 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Ray Borg issues statement after missing weight for UFC Rio Rancho fight
Ray Borg was dropping back down to flyweight at UFC Rio Rancho for the first time since 2017.
He went 1-1 at bantamweight including missing weight in his first fight while missing weight four times in the UFC. He also vowed if he missed weight again he would retire following his last miss back at UFC Philadelphia. But, even with the vow, he still missed weight.
The former UFC flyweight title challenger in Ray Borg took to social media to release a statement on missing weight.
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“Wish I had an excuse but I don’t, my camp knows that this is the most disciplined I have ever been during camp, weight was good all camp and all week,” Ray Borg wrote on Instagram. “I stayed in contact with the crew at the UFC PI all week and followed all their protocols. The more we started cutting the less that started to come off, we were dedicated to making the weight and took the extra hour they gave us and did what we could with it. We asked for more time with all the intentions in the world to make the weight but unfortunately they only allowed us an hour.
“We still have a fight to win tomorrow and all my focus is on that, I was so confident in my ability to make weight that I even vowed to retire if I missed weight again, which is a subject that currently is not on my mind at the moment,” Borg continued. “I will put on a good show for my home town tomorrow night, thank you to my team for all the help along with my manager and the rest of my crew that was apart of this camp. Sorry to my opponent and his Team for the unprofessionalism and hope to put on a good show tomorrow.”
Borg still will fight on Saturday and whether he will retire after vowing so is unknown at this time.
