Dana White says Anderson Silva was ‘violently ill,’ explains dropout from UFC 198

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The injury bug hit UFC 198 in a major way on Tuesday, as former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva withdrew from his pay-per-view bout against Uriah Hall just days out from fight night after experiencing problems with his gall bladder.

Silva ultimately underwent surgery to remove his gall bladder, and on Wednesday morning UFC president Dana White appeared on The Kevin & Bean Show to explain the chain of events that led to Silva’s illness.

“So what’s crazy is, we have a show called UFC Embedded, and it’s on YouTube that you can go watch leading up to the fight. It shows you day-by-day, real-time what’s happening with all the fighters,” White said. “We literally put one …

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