Lip care is a priority for some state athletic commissions – as it turned out! And Jessica Aguilar found out the hard way.
Aguilar was scheduled to fight on last Friday night (June 1, 2018) at UFC Fight Night 131 in Utica, New York however it ended up not happening.
The rationale? A severe case of chapped lips.

The NYSAC says they pulled Jessica Aguilar from her fight Friday for a “potentially contagious” condition, via MMAFighting.com:

“Medical personnel identified a potentially contagious medical condition,” read the NYSAC statement, via New York State Department of State spokesperson Lee Park. “For the safety of the impacted fighter and her opponent, the fight was called off. UFC medical personnel were also consulted and concurred with the decision.”

Aguilar contended that she had consulted with a dermatologist who cleared her AFTER the weigh-ins Thursday … but that wasn’t good enough for the commission.

When asked about a doctor’s initial clearance of Aguilar, Park relayed that Aguilar’s condition “worsened overnight.”

“The reason the fight was canceled was because of the fighter’s condition on Friday,” Park wrote in an e-mail.

Fight has been rescheduled for  the upcoming UFC Fight Night 133 event on July 14, 2018, inside CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho.
While there’s doubt Idaho’s athletic commission is as strict as NYSAC, it would behoove Aguilar to bring some extra chapstick just in case.

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