J. Hendricks failed the weigh-in once again. Photo: Reproduction / YouTube / UFC
the phase of John hendricks It's not the best. The former welterweight champion (up to 77 kg) moved up to the middleweight category (up to 84 kg) after failing to make weight on three occasions. Even so, in the new division, the North American failed in the challenge against the scales for the fourth time. The fighter was fined 20% of his purse and the amount will be passed on to his opponent, Tim Boestch.
Hendricks arrived at the scouting stage another hour after the weigh-in window ended. He looked quite worn and disappointed when the scales showed 85,2 kg – around 900 grams above the limit.
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The North American's failure makes him join the Brazilians Thiago Pitbull, John Lineker and charles do brox, and the American Anthony Johnson, as the only athletes to fail to make weight in two different categories in the UFC.
Hendricks appeared in the hall where the weigh-in took place with approximately 1h10m spent in the weight measurement window. He already looked disappointed even before he got on the scale, which showed that he weighed 85,3kg, around 900g above the tolerance limit for non-title fights in the middleweight division. Boetsch, who stepped on the scale a few minutes earlier, weighed 84,4kg, within the limit.
In addition to Hendricks, another athlete who did not make the official weight for his category. Jared gordon It weighed 67,5kg and was 1,3kg above the featherweight category limit. He was also fined 20% of his grant.
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