Stu, everyone understands when an Opera singer, major Vegas headliner, rock band run into some laryngitis, or exhaustion from the tour, etc. For Victor to ignore inquires just doesn't fly by me. Victor reads these message boards, let's hope he doesn't post ..LOL! As far as the UFC, it's very acceptable and understandable..."The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship rematch between the current champion José Aldo and challenger Chad Mendes.[1] Their first fight at UFC 142 ended in a first round KO victory in favor of Aldo.[2] However, on July 2, Aldo pulled out of the fight due to an injury suffered in training.[3] The matchup is now expected to headline UFC 179.[4]

Subsequent to Aldo's injury, the event was cancelled on July 8, when the UFC announced they were unable to replace the original main event fight and with less than a month before the event, the decision was made to postpone the event – though the promotion said the numbering scheme for already scheduled pay-per-views after it, including UFC 177 in Sacramento on Aug. 30, will remain in consecutive order. The fights booked for this event were shifted to other upcoming cards.[5]

This was the second time, following UFC 151 in August 2012, that the promotion was forced to cancel an event because of a lack of a high profile fight to fill a main event spot.[6]"