Uncle Creepy responds to Scoggins insults

UG favorite Ian ‘Uncle Creepy’ McCall began his UFC career with a draw with arguably the best pound for pound fighter in the sport, Demetrious Johnson. He lost a rematch via unanimous decision. Then he lost a unanimous decision to Joseph Benavidez. So after less than a year in the UFC, he was 0-2-1. And one of the best flyweights on the planet.

Next came a fight of the night win over Iliarde Santos. And then a win over Brad Pickett. Then there was a bad blood lead up to a fight with John Lineker. Lineker failed to make weight, by five pounds, and ended up losing a close decision.

Next he was matched up with #11 Justin Scoggins at UFC 201.

Unfortunately, with two days to go, Scoggins decided he could not make weight, and petitioned for a catchweight fight.

“No,” explained McCall.

UFC matchmaker Joe Silva agreed. Scoggins received nothing, and says he is moving up a division. McCall was given his show and his win money.

Instead of apologizing to McCall for failing to his his contracted weight, Scoggins insulted him, calling him a “punk” for not taking the fight at catchweight.

McCall appeared recently on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, and responded.

“I feel like I’ve been played by him,” said McCall, as transcribed by Chuck Mindenhall for MMA Fighting. “Because he acts like we’re friends, and we’re nice, and I’m feeling like shame on me. Because all this trash he’s talking and all this dumb stuff and personal stuff he’s bringing up. He’s like screen-shotting text messages from my agent to his agent and like, making up all this stuff. And then a big part of me wants to just bury him as far as making him look like an idiot, because there’s a lot of things that the young man has said and done that are very stupid. He tried to come off smart, like him talking about, ‘oh, I was at 2 percent body fat and the doctor said I can’t cut anymore.’ Well, if you understand a thing called science, if you’re less than three, three-and-a-half percent body fat, you’re feeding off your organs. Like, you’re actually feeding off your organs. So you’re lying.”

“If you’re going to try and sound smart, at least be smarter than someone who is at least a little bit knowledgeable like myself. You’re trying to make excuses and I’m sorry but, don’t make me look like the a**hole when the things you’re saying aren’t true.”

“What I think happened, I don’t know if it’s mental issues, or maybe nerves, or maybe outside stuff — I mean, maybe he’s on drugs, who knows — he’s just acting very erratic and silly. But I think it was a mental lapse where he broke down — and this is just speculation, this is just my bro sense – where he snapped and couldn’t make the weight, so he started eating and drinking. Because everybody, and I mean everybody who was on the card – we’re talking trainers and strength coaches and other fighters – were MFing him to me like crazy. They were like, f*** him this, and that guy’s a piece of s***, and I’m like whoa whoa. Everyone simmer down.

“So, I just think he broke down, and it could have been a mixture of personal issues and his lack of discipline or, I don’t know. He’s a young guy and he’ll learn from this. I’m sure he’ll come back stronger. He’s a stud. But this was just a maturity thing and a self control thing, and he seemed to have lost it, and that’s no one’s fault but his own.”

McCall said he would like to fight Wilson Reis next, ideally at UFC 202 on Aug. 20 in Las Vegas.

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