Ian McCall har inte haft det lätt den senaste tiden då han fått flertalet matcher inställda. och senast ställdes mötet mot Jarred Brooks in på grund av McCalls magproblem inför UFC 208. Enligt Ian blev han lovad av UFC att han skulle vara täckt av deras försäkring, men nu ska organisationen ha backat på sitt löfte.
Detta hade McCall att säga om sin situation, via ”MMAJunkie”:
I have no idea what’s going on, and the UFC, they can’t help me. My esophagus would do this thing – it would seize up. And then I would lose blood flow to brain, then pass out. Then I’d end up throwing up from anywhere from an hour to on and off for a couple of days. That was happening during the (Justin) Scoggins training camp, and the (Ray) Borg camp. I was in and out of the hospital.
They told me when I was leaving New York that I’d be covered; everything I needed would be covered. I’m like, ‘Cool, I can finally figure this out. I can finally get this done and do all the tests and make sure I’m not dying or some (expletive).’ But I got home, and I got a phone call that said, ‘Hey, man, we’re sorry. We can’t cover you.’
It is (the UFC’s) fault, but at the same time, it’s not. They’ve got an insurance plan that doesn’t help us. If I do ever fight again, it will be a lot more money than $16,000 and $16,000. That’s just not worth my life and my health.
