Khamzat Chimaev weighed in for his welterweight battle in opposition to Nate Diaz at 178.5 kilos, seven-and-a-half kilos over the restrict. Ariel Helwani reported the huge weight miss was resulting from a ‘medical concern,’ however no additional particulars have been supplied.
That was till UFC president Dana White shed some mild on what occurred and revealed Chimaev was suggested to cease chopping weight after ‘locking up’ and ‘cramping,’ that are the same old indicators of a foul weight lower.
Although ‘Borz’ tried to proceed, the docs wouldn’t enable him to chop any extra weight.
“So what occurred was, he was chopping weight,” stated White on SportsCenter. “In case you noticed him yesterday, he was very, very lean already and he ought to’ve are available in on weight. He began to chop weight and he began locking up and cramping, all of the issues that occur from a foul lower.
“In contrast to ten years in the past, once we have been doing this, they name in and we ship a physician up and the physician determines whether or not he ought to preserve chopping weight or not. And the physician advised him he shouldn’t. So we jumped on this [issue] this morning.
As a result of Chimaev fell brief on the scales, his battle with Diaz was canceled and a bevy of recent fights have been created because of this. The six fighters sitting atop the pay-per-view occasion would basically change opponents, so the line-up is as follows: Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson, Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kevin Holland and Li Jingliang vs. Daniel Rodriguez.
Chaotic ordeal apart, White was pleased to have salvaged the occasion on a couple of hours’ discover.
“Nate Diaz and Tony, such as you stated, the followers have wished to see this one ceaselessly,” stated White. “It’s gonna occur now earlier than Nate leaves the UFC. And yesterday, there have been numerous questions on what occurred. Kevin Holland and Khamzat Chimaev really received into it yesterday backstage. Sarcastically, they’ll now battle on Saturday night time, and ‘Leech’ vs. Rodriguez can also be a enjoyable battle. So, it actually couldn’t have performed out any higher.”
UFC 279 goes down on Sat., Sept. 10 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
