History of UFC weigh in fails
CagePotato.com has put together a list of great weight fails in MMA history. Anthony Johnson @ UFC 142 Weight: 197,…
CagePotato.com has put together a list of great weight fails in MMA history.
Anthony Johnson @ UFC 142
Weight: 197, 12 pounds over limit.
Punishment: Johnson forfeited 20% of his show-money to his opponent, Vitor Belfort. The fight was only allowed to proceed if Johnson weighed no more than 205 pounds on fight day.
Deja vu: Johnson had repeatedly struggled with weight cuts when he previously competed at welterweight, coming in at 177.5 pounds for a September 2007 bout against Rich Clementi (which he lost), and 176 pounds for an October 2009 bout against Yoshiyuki Yoshida (which he won). The move to middleweight should have made his life a lot easier. Now, his UFC contract is in jeopardy.
Rory Markham @ UFC 111
Weight: 177 pounds, 7 over limit
Punishment: $1,000 (12.5% of Markham’s show-money) was forfeited to his opponent, Nate Diaz
Fight result: Diaz by first-round TKO
Excuse: Markham’s trainer, Pat Miletich, told MMAjunkie that the fighter’s weight-cutting process simply went haywire.
Nick Pace @ UFC 139
Weight: 141, 6 over limit
Punishment: Pace forfeited 20% of his purse to his opponent, Miguel Torres.
Fight result: Pace lost to Torres by unanimous decision.
Efrain Escudero @ UFC Fight Night 22
Weight: 159 pounds, 4 over limit
Punishment: 20% of Escudero’s show-money was forfeited to his opponent, Charles Oliveira
Fight result: Oliveira by third-round submission
Excuse: I tried everything but I hit a wall. This morning I weighed in at 161 and then we had 2 hours to make weight and we went to the gym, jumped on the treadmill put everything on like I usually do. We just ran and then I went into the Sauna, like I normally do, relaxed in there periodically all through my workout and after that I checked my weight and I was at 159. I was like whoa, what the hell and so I went back in there and pushed my body but I was just too dehydrated. I couldn’t go any lower. I tried, I tried I tried and nothing.
Tyson Griffin @ UFC 137
Weigh-in Date: 10/28/11
Weight: 149 pounds, 4 over limit
Punishment: Griffin forfeited 25% of his purse to opponent Bart Palaszewski.
Fight result: Griffin lost to Palaszewski by first-round knockout.
Thiago Alves @ UFC 85, UFC 117
Weights: 174, 171.5
Punishment: Alves forfeited an unspecified amount of his purse to Matt Hughes at UFC 85, and 20% of his purse to Jon Fitch at UFC 117; earlier in his UFC career, he was slapped with a nine-month suspension for the use of banned diuretics.
Fight result: Alves def. Hughes via second-round TKO, Alves lost to Fitch by unanimous decision
Excuse for the Hughes fight: Ten days before the fight I was sparring, and the floor was really slippery, and I rolled my ankle back,. My doctor thought I wasn’t going to be able to fight…I wasn’t able to do anything for three days. I am a really heavy guy. I walk around at 195-200 (pounds), so if I don’t keep my diet and work out really hard…even the last week before the fight, I train really hard to keep my weight low…With the cortisone shot, it holds more water in my body. My body wasn’t sweating. It’s the worst feeling. I would stay 15 minutes, 20 minutes in the sauna, and my body just wouldn’t sweat anymore. I even passed out twice in the sauna…My coach had to carry me out.