Report: Ray Borg Off UFC Fight Night Chile, Replaced By Alexandre Pantoja

Ray Borg has been dealing with health issues surround the birth of his son Anthony and has been pulled from UFC Fight Night Chile according to MMA Fighting.

The flyweight star has been posting the following on Instagram recently about the battle his son is going through:

 

This is not a post I want to make but I would like to inform my friends and family who we are unable to reach out to. Friday morning my wife and I were transported to Denver with our little baby boy, as we were informed that he has developed Hydrocephalus. He has held stable the last few days and is still one happy baby, but will need to undergo brain surgery tomorrow. We ask that you keep Anthony in your thoughts as we pray everything goes smooth tomorrow. Thank you all for the love and support. #borgstrong

A post shared by Ray Borg (@tazmexufc) on Apr 24, 2018 at 10:52am PDT

 

‪Thank you to everyone for their positive thoughts and prayers during this time and much thank you to the Children’s hospital of Colorado and all of their staff. Anthony’s surgery was a success. —-‬

A post shared by Ray Borg (@tazmexufc) on Apr 25, 2018 at 4:34pm PDT

 

Update: unfortunately Anthony needs to go back into surgery. The shunt was placed in a spot of his brain that just doesn’t quite work for him. Due to the high possibility of failure of the shunt the doctor ordered to have him back in the operating room for replacement of the shunt. —-

A post shared by Ray Borg (@tazmexufc) on Apr 26, 2018 at 9:45am PDT

 

Update: Anthony’s second surgery went well but he unfortunately is having complications breathing and is hooked up to a breathing respirator. He also underwent a blood transfusion this morning along with being hooked up to an EEG machine to check for possible seizures. Tough times ahead, thank you for your continued prayers.

A post shared by Ray Borg (@tazmexufc) on Apr 27, 2018 at 10:12am PDT

Raphael Marinho of Combate is reporting that Alexandre Pantoja has agreed to step in on short notice to fight Brandon Moreno at the event.

Moreno (14-4-0) is looking to rebound from his first loss in the UFC, which came against Sergio Pettis in the main event of UFC Fight Night Mexico City. Moreno also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 24, losing to Alexandre Pantoja in the opening round of the reality show. Moreno is also a longtime veteran of the World Fighting Federation promotion, winning all five fights he fought there.

Pantoja (18-3-0) is looking to rebound from his first loss under the UFC banner, which came to Dustin Ortiz at UFC 220. Pantoja has suffered a total of three losses as a professional MMA fighter and all of those defeats came by way of decision. Pantoja also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 24, making it to the semi-finals before losing to Hiromasa Ogikubo.

UFC Fight Night Chile takes place on Saturday, May 19 from the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile with Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which airs live on Fox Sports 1.