Vicente Luque has given his reaction to the news that his fight against Ian Garry on the pay-per-view portion of this weekend’s UFC 296 event has been cancelled due to his opponent being diagnosed with pneumonia.
“Unfortunate news. So the fight is out,” Luque said on Instagram. “He’s not going to make it to the fight. First of all, I wish the best recovery, speedy recovery for him, and the best for his family.
“It’s really unfortunate. I was so ready for this fight. I’ve had a great training camp. Anybody that sees me on social media sees a little bit of what I’ve been doing. They know how ready I am for this fight. Weight cut has been going so, so good—the easiest weight cut I’ve ever had in my career.
“I have all my team here supporting me. A lot of guys came out in this fight. A lot of people supported me to come watch the fight as well, and unfortunately it’s not going to happen,” he said. “It’s out of my control. Everything that I could do, everything that I have control of in my job, and really put my heart into this, I did. I gave it my all. Unfortunately, we cannot really control everything. As I said, I wish (Garry) the best. I wish recovery for Ian. Now it’s time for me to rest. I did have a hard training camp.”
