Edson Barboza's opponent doesn't make the cut and transfers 20% of his salary to the Brazilian

Lee failed at the UFC Atlantic City weigh-ins (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter KevinLee)

The dreaded scale once again haunted the fighters at UFC Atlantic City, an event that takes place next Saturday (21), in New Jersey (USA). The North American Kevin Lee, which faces Edson Barboza in the main fight of the show, he weighed 71,2 kg. and failed to reach the lightweight division limit (up to 70,3 kg.). Despite the problem, the Brazilian accepted the fight at a combined weight and will receive 20% of his opponent's salary.

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In addition to Lee, one more fighter failed to reach the limit of her category: the American Aspen ladd He was around 800 grams above the bantamweight division limit and must also pass on 20% of his purse to Leslie Smith, his opponent – ​​Smith has not yet confirmed whether he will accept the fight at combined weight.

 Brazilians in weight

Among the Brazilians cast for the show, none of them had problems with the scales. Edson Barboza He was one of the first to show up for the weigh-in. He weighed 70,6 kg. using the pound (about 454 grams) of tolerance in fights that are not valid for the belt to confirm the fight against Lee. Now Thiago Marreta he weighed 84,3 kg, 100 grams less than his rival David Branch in the middleweight fight (up to 84 kg.).

In turn, Luan Chagas didn't even need a pound of tolerance and beat the exact value of the welterweights (77,1kg). Afghan Siyar Bahadurzada, his rival, weighed 77,6kg on the scale.

Check out the UFC Atlantic City weigh-in results below

MAIN CARD

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Edson Barboza (70,6kg) x Kevin Lee (71,2kg)**

Featherweight (up to 65,8kg): Frankie Edgar (66kg) x Cub swanson (65,8kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120kg): Justin Willis (120,4kg) x Chase sherman (112kg)

Average weight (up to 84kg): David Branch (84,4kg) x Thiago Marreta (84,3kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): aljamain sterling (61,3kg) x Brett johns (61,6kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Jim Miller (70,5kg) x Dan Hooker (70,6kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Ryan LaFlare (77,4kg) x Alex Garcia (77,6kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Siyar Bahadurzada (77,6kg) x Luan chagas (77,1kg)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Corey anderson (93kg) x Patrick Cummins (93,3kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Leslie Smith (61,4kg) x Aspen ladd (62,5kg)***

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Merab Dvalishvili (61,3kg) x Ricky simon (61,6kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Tony Martin (77,4kg) x Keita Nakamura (77,4kg)

* Fights that are not valid for a belt have a tolerance of 1 pound (about 454 grams) from the limit of each weight division.

**Didn't make weight