UFC 319 Suffers Important Losses a Few Days Before the Event
The UFC 319 pay-per-view event has experienced the loss of three fights in just two days, due to various setbacks. The most unexpected miss occurred on Friday, when Bryan Battle failed to meet the weight limit in the middleweight category, exceeding it by 4 pounds. The scheduled fight between Battle and Nursulton Ruziboev was canceled due to this failure. This is the second consecutive time that Battle has failed to make weight for a UFC fight, although the previous time occurred at welterweight in December. Despite moving up a full weight class for Saturday’s event, Battle failed to make weight by a considerable margin. Battle, 30, has shown a good performance inside the octagon, with a record of 7-1 in the UFC. UFC 319 also suffered the loss of a final welterweight fight from “The Ultimate Fighter.” Rodrigo Sezinando and Daniil Donchenko will not face each other in the TUF final due to an injury to Sezinando. The fight will be rescheduled for a later date. Also, an expected lightweight bout between Diego Ferreira and King Green was also canceled this week. Green revealed via social media that he was forced to withdraw from the card due to an injury.Fortunately for the UFC, the main middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev is still on. Both fighters managed to make weight on Friday, with Chimaev weighing in at 183 pounds, 2 pounds under the limit. The UFC even had middleweight contender Caio Borralho ready to be a substitute, although for now his services will not be needed.
