The light heavyweight bout between Kenneth Bergh and Jorge Gonzalez has been removed from the UFC on ESPN 13 card.
Norway’s Bergh (8-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who was scheduled to open up Wednesday’s card against Gonzalez at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, reportedly had issues during his weight cut and did not make it to the scale for the weigh-ins on Tuesday morning.
He was deemed unfit to continue cutting down to the 206-pound light heavyweight limit and, as a result, has been removed from the card. Gonzalez weighed in at 205 pounds, but their late-addition bout was subsequently scrapped.
MMA Junkie confirmed the news of the bout removal following an initial report from MMA Viking.
Norway’s Bergh picked up a first-round submission win over Antonio Trocoli at “Dana White’s Contender Series” in July 2019, but the result was overturned to a no-contest after he tested positive for a banned substance.
He went on to pick up two sub-60-second finishes later that year to earn his short-notice call-up to the UFC. But he will now have to wait before he gets to make his first walk to the octagon.
Winner of seven of his last eight, Gonzalez (16-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is coming off a first-round finish less than two weeks ago at Mexican promotion Ultimate Warrior Challenge.
