Former WBO heavyweight champion Ray Mercer, scheduled to headline the King of the Cage: No Mercy MMA event this Friday in Foxwoods, Connecticut, has disappeared. What began as Mercer flaking on an interview with ESPN this week, something perfectly within the idiom of the reclusive heavyweight, has turned in to a missing person's case as no family or business relation of Mercer has been able to find his whereabouts.
Initial worry began to set in immediately after a missed taping with ESPN 2 program MMA Live. While trying to find Mercer to chastise him for yet another missed media opportunity, King of the Cage east coast representative Keith Creed divulged on Thursday that Mercer's manager did not know what happened to Mercer or where he was.
“At this point we a more concerned for [Ray Mercer's] safety than for his participation in the September 17th event,” said Creed. “If we found him in a Holiday Inn with a line of cocaine and two hookers at least we'd know he had a good time.”
UPDATE:
King of the Cage has confirmed earlier today that Ray Mercer has been found alive and well training in New Jersey. Mercer is yet to release a statement as to where he was during the previous week.
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