The 65kg contest of Liam Harrison vs Greg Wootton has been removed from this weekend’s installment of British kickboxing promotion The Main Event after Harrison was hospitalized following a problematic weight cut. As two of the standout names in UK Muay Thai, the highly anticipated bout had been on the cards for a long time.
The promotion announced the sad news via The Main Event Facebook page: “Liam Harrison vs Greg Wootton has been cancelled. Regrettably, Liam has been unable to make the agreed weight. In his efforts to do so he has unfortunately been hospitalised. He has now been released but has to return on Sunday for further tests. We are absolutely devastated, as will everybody be, at the loss of this fight. However, fighters safety must come first. We still have 15 fights on the show, see you there.”
Harrison offered his own clarification, and explained that he in fact made weight but was feeling unwell and chose to visit the hospital having urinated blood, “I was on weight and when I went to the bathroom this morning I was dizzy and urinating blood. So my mother took me to the hospital where I’ve had numerous blood tests, was put on a drip and kept there for 6 hours. I have some problem with my kidneys and pending further tests…Thanks to everyone for there regards. I’m so sorry to everyone who wanted to see this fight. I promise everyone it will happen in the future.”
Taking place at the USN Bolton Arena, the lineup for The Main Event on June.7 is now as follows:
Josh Bowker (Bolton Muay Thai) vs Niall Brown (Master Skens Academy, Stockport)
Luke Phillips (GFC Camp, Bury) vs Rahul Rahman (Eagles Gym, Wales)
Dakota Ditcheva (Northern Spirit, Manchester) vs Georgina Van Der Linden (Holland)
Regis Sugden (Suggy’s Gym, Newark) vs Danny Horton (Majestic, Gym, Wigan)
Tyler Liptrott (Team #OO, Bolton) vs Antanas Vaznys (Goldenteam, Leeds)
Sam Jackson (Supergym, Knutsford) vs John Kaufman (Fortitudo, Liverpool)
Mark Skeer (Salford Muay Thai) vs Aaron Turner (Thaitans, Redditch)
Myk Estlick (Spartans, Whitworth) vs Connor Long (Millenium Martial Arts, Newcastle)
Carlos Degraca (Bolton Muay Thai) vs Darren Howieson (Headhunters, Scotland)
Daitan Jackson (Salford Muay Thai) vs Solomon Wickstead (Frank’s Gym, Manchester)
Paige Farrington (Team Diamond, Warrington) vs Ariana Santos (Team Dynamite, Portugal)
Brad Stanton (Kiatphontip, Leeds) vs Federico Alfaro (Knowsley Academy, London)
Andrew Lofthouse (Evolve, Manchester) vs Keith Mclachlan (Griphouse, Scotland)
Chad Sugden (Suggy’s Gym, Newark) vs Nathan Epps (K-star, Birmingham)
Panicos Yusuf (All Powers, Stockport) vs Sergio Wielzen (Holland)
