Official UFC weigh in 2023 misses

Segara Eubanks, UFC Fight Night 199

It happened: UFC Fight Night 217
date: Jan 14th
location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
to divide: Women’s flyweight
Final weight: Unavailable
Notes: Sijara Eubanks did not weigh in for her scheduled 125-pound bout against Priscila Cachoeira. While she didn’t technically lose weight, Eubanks’ “weight management issues,” according to the UFC, forced the fight to be cancelled. Eubanks has a history of weight problems in the UFC. She was scheduled to fight Nico Montano in the “TUF 26” women’s flyweight final, but had to be pulled from the bout for a bad welterweight cut in December 2017. She missed the flyweight limit in 2018, then went back to bantamweight for six bouts. In December 2021 losing to Melissa Gatto in December 2021, her last fight before her problems before the Cachoeira fight, Eubanks also lost weight.

Cledson Rodriguez

It happened: UFC 284
date: February 12th
location: RAC Arena, Perth, Australia
to divide: flyweight
Final weight: 127
Notes: Cledson Rodriguez weighed a pound over the disallowed flyweight limit and was fined 20 percent of his purse. Rodriguez beat Shannon Ross by 59 seconds by TKO.

Zubery Tukhogov

It happened: UFC 284
date: February 12th
location: RAC Arena, Perth, Australia
to divide: Lightweight
Final weight: 157.5
Notes: Zubaira Tukhugov weighed 1.5 pounds over the non-title lightweight limit and was fined 30 percent of his purse. Elves fought Brener to an open card and lost a split decision.

Jeff Neil

It happened: UFC 285
date: March 4th
location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
to divide: flabby weight
Final weight: 175
Notes: Jeff Neal weighed 4 pounds over the non-title welterweight limit and was fined 30 percent of his purse. He was submitted by Shavkat Rachmanov in the third round of the featured match on the main card. Normally, Neil wouldn’t be eligible for a post-fight bonus due to losing weight, but UFC President Dana White said he was giving Neil $50,000 for his role in fight night, anyway.

It happened: UFC 285
date: March 4th
location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
to divide: flyweight
Final weight: 127
Notes: Mana Martinez weighed one pound over the non-title bantamweight limit and was fined 30 percent of his purse. He lost a majority decision to Cameron Siman in first

Ricardo Ramos

It happened: UFC Fight Night 221
date: March 11th
location: Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
to divide: featherweight
Final weight: 154
Notes: Ricardo Ramos weighed 8 pounds over the disallowed featherweight limit. His fight against Austin Lingo was cancelled.

Jared Gooden

It happened: UFC Fight Night 221
date: March 11th
location: Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
to divide: flabby weight
Final weight: 177
Notes: Jared Gooden weighed 6 pounds over the irregular weight limit and was fined 30 percent of his purse, but took the fight in just three days. He lost a unanimous decision to Carlston Harris to open the early prelims. Goden also missed the welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night 194 in 2021.

Malcolm Gordon

It happened: UFC 286
date: March 18th
location: The O2, London
to divide: flyweight
Final weight: 129.5
Notes: Malcolm Gordon came in farther north of the flyweight limit due to his fight against Jake Hadley. It didn’t take long for Hadley to put Gordon down in their fight. He needed only 61 seconds for a TKO that stemmed from a body shot. This termination earned him $50,000 — plus 30 percent of Gordon’s purse for the weight offense.

Christian Rodriguez

It happened: UFC 287
date: April 8th
location: Cashier Center, Miami
to divide: Bantam weight
Final weight: 137
Notes: Rodriguez weighed in at 137.5 pounds for his first attempt on the scale, which came late in a two-hour window. He was given 1 hour to cut down to his disallowed weight limit, but he could only drop another half pound. He was fined 20 percent of his purse, but his fight against Raul Rosas Jr. to open the main card remained intact.

Jocelyn Edwards

It happened: UFC on ESPN 44
date: April 15th
location: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
to divide: Women’s pant weight
Final weight: 136.5
Notes: Edwards tried her hand at featherweight in June 2022 with a win over Ramona Pascual. But just seven weeks later, she returned to bantamweight in a short fight and lost the tag before a split decision victory over Kim Ji-yeon at UFC 277 in Dallas. She was over 1.5 lbs for that fight. But this time, without the constraints of short notice, she again missed out on her second straight offense on the scale.

William Gomis

It happened: UFC Fight Night 222
date: April 22nd
location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
to divide: featherweight
Final weight: 147
Notes: Gomis’s weight loss was his first in the UFC. He was fined a percentage of his purse, but still went on to beat Francis Marshall by split decision.

Priscilla Cachoeira

It happened: UFC Fight Night 222
date: April 22nd
location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
to divide: Women’s flyweight
Final weight: 130
Notes: Priscilla Cachoeira is no stranger to large scale issues. At UFC Fight Night 222, her fight against Karine Silva was canceled when she reached four pounds over the women’s flyweight limit. In 2019, Cachoeira was suspended when she tested positive for banned substances containing a diuretic. In October 2021, her fight against Courtney Casey on weigh-in day was canceled due to issues on the Cachoeira scale. At UFC 269, Cachoeira lost weight by three pounds, and was then submitted by Gillian Robertson. The case against Silva is another stigma.

Irina Alekseeva

It happened: UFC Fight Night 223
date: April 29th
location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
to divide: woman weight
Final weight: 140
Notes: Alexieva missed the women’s pant weight limit of 136 by four pounds and was fined 30 percent of her purse for her match against Stephanie Egger, who was cashing in at 135. Alexieva, known as the “Ronda of Russia” for her judo skills and in comparison to Ronda Rousey, has lost It was a very popular signing. Her fight against Egger marked her UFC debut.

Hailey Kwan

It happened: UFC Fight Night 223
date: April 29th
location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
to divide: woman weight
Final weight: 137.5
Notes: Kwan missed the women’s irregular weight limit of 136 by 1.5 pounds and was fined a percentage of her purse for her card opener against debuting Jamey-Lyn Horth. This was Kwan’s first weight loss in the UFC, although as a flyweight, a fight under the LFA banner was canceled due to a failed weight cut.