UFC star rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties from ‘paint fumes’ before Saudi Arabia fight

A UFC prima was rushed to infirmary aft suffering breathing difficulties earlier a combat owed to “paint fumes.”

Lucas Alexander is simply a apical sanction successful UFC and competed astatine last weekend’s expansive lawsuit successful Saudi Arabia.

The ace went up against rival Bogdan Grad connected the undercard of Israel Adesanya's decision to Nassourdine Imavov.

But helium was easy dispatched successful the 2nd circular by knockout.

Later, Alexander was rushed to infirmary with breathing difficulties.

A shocking representation showed the MMA prima connected a ventilator successful effort to lick the issue.

He was aboriginal released with aesculapian attraction to unfastened his lungs.

And Alexander has present claimed his breathing issues arose owed to overgarment fumes astatine the venue successful Saudi.

He told followers connected Instagram: “On Saturday, we arrived astatine the locker rooms astir 2.30pm and determination was a truly beardown odor of overgarment fumes with seemingly nary aerial circulation passim the room.

“The ones adjacent to maine cognize I endure with terrible sinus issues erstwhile it comes to antithetic smells and seasonal allergies.

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“For 3 hours I felt dizzy, had debased vigor and felt similar I could autumn dormant immoderate minute. By the clip I was expected to lukewarm up, I could archer I was ace flat. I did what I could careless of the situation.

“After the combat I was taken to infirmary owed to shortness of enactment and implicit the adjacent respective hours couldn’t halt a runny nose, sneezing, coughing and wheezing.

“After not sleeping the full night, I went backmost to infirmary the adjacent greeting and received a breathing attraction with cortisol to unfastened my lungs and sent location with an inhaler to usage aggregate times a day.”

Alexander was not the lone combatant to endure astatine UFC Saudi Arabia owed to the overgarment fumes.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik blamed his decision to Sergei Pavlovich connected inhaling the odor beforehand.

The ace, who was released by UFC aft the loss, tweeted: “After a beardown combat week, I felt dizzy connected Saturday owed to the overgarment fumes.

“While this section closes, my communicative is fa from over. I volition proceed to fight, instrumentality connected caller challenges and settee unfinished concern successful the cage.

“I’m acceptable for immoderate comes next!”