“Nate has known for probably about a month and a half, he knew the situation, it was no surprise. Everybody (including the UFC) knew. Everybody’s known, I think everybody assumed he was going to be able to qualify,” Sirb said.
“I thought he would (qualify), I really did.”
“We’ve known about it and we gave him every opportunity, the last report we got was 3 o’clock yesterday, we gave him as much leeway as we could, obviously we’ve got a live event, you’ve got to make the call. The UFC made the call when we said no he’s not going to meet it,” Sirb commented.
“We can’t say anything, this state is real tight on those types of laws, HIPPA laws are very strict. If Nate’s here, I don’t know if he’s here or not, he’s free to talk,” Sirb stated.
“I told him I felt for the kid. I really did. He knew about it, he was trying and he missed out on a big payday,” Sirb said about Marquardt.
“He needs to show us a new report, if that report comes in and it meets our requirements, it could be tomorrow and we’ll take him off. It could be 2 months, but it’s an indefinite suspension until he brings in that report we’re looking for.”