Ian Gregory McCall (born July 5, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions of several prominent MMA promotions, including Ultimate Fighting Championship, Rizin Fighting Federation and World Extreme Cagefighting.
He competed in wrestling for Dana Hills High School where he was a standout and then continued later at Cuesta College, before dropping out to a knee injury.
A rematch with Johnson took place on June 8, 2012, at UFC on FX 3 to determine who would meet Joseph Benavidez in the finals of the flyweight tournament.
[11] McCall was briefly linked to a bout with promotional newcomer John Moraga on August 4, 2012, at UFC on Fox: Shogun vs.
[17] McCall was slated to face Scott Jorgensen on December 14, 2013, at UFC on Fox 9,[18] but was ruled out of the bout due to injury.
[19] McCall was expected to face Brad Pickett on March 8 at UFC Fight Night 37 in London, England.
[20] However, on 13 February, it was announced that McCall had pulled out of the bout due to injury[21] and was replaced by promotional newcomer Neil Seery.
[23] McCall won the bout by unanimous decision, having out struck Pickett across three rounds, while displaying strong takedowns and effective ground and pound.
[24] McCall was expected to face John Lineker on November 8, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 56 as the co-main event.
[25] Although both fighters successfully made weight, it was announced just hours after the weigh in that McCall had been pulled from the event due to a blood infection.
[30] However, McCall pulled out of the fight in late July citing injury and was replaced by Willie Gates.
[41] McCall's debut was against Manel Kape, as part of Rizin's 2017 Bantamweight World Grand Prix.
[43] For his second fight for the promotion, McCall faced fellow UFC veteran Kyoji Horiguchi in the main event at Rizin 10 on May 6, 2018.
In a 2012 interview with Ariel Helwani, McCall stated that during a hiatus after his last fight in the WEC he overdosed on a combination of oxycodone, GHB, Xanax and other tranquilizers.