Nik Lentz pulled from UFC 216 due to 'medical issues'

The UFC announced Friday that Saturday's lightweight bout between Nik Lentz and Will Brooks at UFC 216 has been canceled after Lentz encountered "medical issues."

Lentz later released a statement attributing his removal to a number of alarming symptoms related to his weight cut:

The fight was to be featured in the card's prelims. A flyweight tilt between Matt Schnell and Marco Beltran has been bumped up from the Fight Pass prelims in its stead.

Lentz's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 208 in February. Brooks was hoping to rebound from back-to-back losses to Alex Olivera and Charles Olivera.