UFC 319 has undergone many changes during the last few days of the Vechtweek.
The card has already lost two fights before the weightings had taken place on Friday, although the main map was not affected.
There was only one hunter who missed the weight on the way to the return of the Octagon to the United Center in Chicago.
Although it first looked like the matchup would still take place, this was changed, with UFC 319 now three fights only two days before the event.
With the last card now hopefully in stone hours away from the first matchup that took place, a hunter wanted to apologize for his actions.
Bryan Battle apologized at Nursulton Ruziboev and explained why he missed the weight before UFC 319
In his first fight of the year, Bryan Battle would take on Nursulton Ruziboev after he had moved to the middleweight division.
His second consecutive weight Miss led Bryan to get criticism from fans when he got four pounds higher than the non-tick limit.
Ruziboev responded by questioning the professionalism of his opponent after the news that the matchup would not take place, even though he agreed to take the fight, regardless of the Miss.
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In a video posted by Full Send MMA, Battle was able to find his planned opponent, where he would apologize for missing the goal and their fight that was pulled.
“I thought it would be a lot easier,” Battle replied then Ruziboev the fact that he always competed in good weight. “I got a bit sick towards the end of the week, you know what I say. It's on me, I'm very sorry.”
Their interaction was fairly positive, although it was clear that Ruziboev was frustrated by some actions by the Americans, including some comments he made during the Vechtweek.
Battle apologized several times and after Ruziboev threw for them to be opposed to a fight on UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi in October, he accepted.
“Hey, it's now on your conditions. Let's go, October, Abu Dhabi. Let's go.”
Bryan Battle apologized and decided tonight with Nursulton Ruziboev after missing weight of 4 pounds this morning at the UFC 319 official weigh in
The two were agreed to turn it back on UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi pic.twitter.com/x4q0euetd0
– Fully shipping MMA (@full_send_mma) August 16, 2025
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Bryan Battle had a trash bin nurse Nurse Ruziboev earlier in the week
When she spoke with Nursulton Ruziboev after their fight had been canceled, Bryan Battle's comments were raised during the Vechtweek.
Battle had told Spinnin Backfist that he blamed his opponent for their now canceled fight that was planned to take place on the prelims.
“I should be on the main map … Nursulton drags me down. This is not the fault of the UFC, this is Nursulton's fault and he will have to pay for it.”
“Yes, I should be on the main map … Nursulton drags me down. This is not the fault of the UFC, this is Nursulton's fault and he will have to pay for it!”
Bryan Battle blames Nursulton Ruziboev for his low placement on the #ufc319 card pic.twitter.com/aa3pwdapz
– Spinnin Backfist (@spinninbackfist) August 14, 2025
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Battle explained that he was not looking to criticize his opponent, he just tried to “have a little fun”