C. Do Bronx defended his belt against D. Poirier in the UFC 269. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
the failure of Charles of the Bronx at the weigh-in he continues to give something to talk about. Despite it being a month since Ultimate took away the Brazilian's lightweight belt (up to 70,3kg) before his fight against Justin gaethje No. UFC 274, the old rival Dustin poirier commented on the case of the former champion and suggested changes in the balance to avoid new problems in the organization.
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“We need to have digital scales so that we don’t have new problems. You can't have a guy there touching a weight scale and he's responsible for saying it's a pound (over) or whatever. We need exact numbers. You step on a digital scale, it appears on the screen, this is your real weight. I don't like the fact that these guys are using this balance scale,” said Poirier in an interview with 'The Fight With Teddy Atlas'.
Even though he considered the possible change to a digital scale, Poirier believes that Do Bronx could have tried harder to lose the additional weight and thus maintain the title fight. Despite the problem, Charles remained on the card and defeated Gaethje in the first round.
“They weren’t carrying him. He wasn't tripping. He is very thin and tall, but he didn't look like he needed helping. He still had life in his body. He could have, it seemed, tried to lose more weight. It’s a title fight,” he concluded.
Dustin poirier He commented precisely on the situation of his last opponent – and executioner. The American fought for the linear belt and had great moments, but saw Charles grow in the duel and finish with a rear naked choke in the second round. The fight took place in December 2021.
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