Striegl scratched from UFC card

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mark Striegl will have to wait for another chance to debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship  after being scratched from the Sunday card due to a health issue.

The 32-year-old Striegl was scheduled to fight fellow debutant Timur Valiev in the UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, but the unfortunate development forced him out.

Trevin Jones will fill in for Striegl, a sambo SEAG gold-medal winner in December last year.

Striegl is one of the country’s top mixed martial arts fighters, if not the best, with an impressive 18-2 (win-loss) record with one no-contest, and has been in the UFC radar for almost a decade now.

He, however, chose to stay in Asia and fought in ONE Championship back in the day.