Alessio Sakara On His Withdrawal From UFC 122: Don’t Eat The Tuna

Alessio Sakara withdrew from UFC 122 after the fight card had already begun on November 13. The official reason for his withdrawal was “illness.” No other explanation was offered. Many speculated as to the reason why he pulled himself from the card in Oberhausen Germany, but no explanation was forthcoming from the UFC or Sakara until this weekend. Sakara, posting a video blog, had this to say about pulling out of his scheduled fight against Jorge Rivera: “Tuesday morning to Thursday night I had already started to feel bad, but I thought it was just my body dehydrating so I thought it was normal and then on Thursday night I woke up with a strong fever…all night I could not sleep because the fever would not pass. I was feeling really sick and on Friday, I was four kilos over my mark. We decided to continue with the weigh-ins despite the fever and we were hoping to recuperate by Friday afternoon. “Because my body was sick with the flu I could not hold down liquids to regain...