Rodrigo Damm out of Wednesday’s UFN 29 with kidney problems

Issues relating to weight cutting have arisen again, as UFC featherweight Rodrigo Damm was forced to withdraw from his fight with Hacran Dias at UFN 29 in Barueri, Brazil on Wednesday.

According to a report from MMAFighting, Damm suffered from kidney stones while cutting weight, and was removed from the card by the UFC.

Damm was forced to withdraw from the semi finals of TUF: Brazil 1 early last year, also due to kidney issues.

UFN 29 will now go on with 10 fights:

Main card:

Demian Maia vs. Jake Shields

Erick Silva vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Thiago Silva vs. Matt Hamill

Fabio Maldonado vs. Joey Beltran

Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Pierce

Raphael Assuncao vs. T.J. Dillashaw

Prelim card:

Ildemar Alcantara vs. Igor Araujo

Yan Cabral vs. David Mitchell

Iliarde Santos vs. Chris Cariaso

Allan Patrick vs. Garrett Whiteley