UFC 316 will probably be a fight after Ariane Lipski has missed Farcic weight for her fight with Wang Cong with an enormous amount.
The match would see Cong, which is notorious for her 'Joker' Gimmick, debut in America after a 2-1 start of her UFC career. The striking kickboxing was weight on the champion limit of 125 pounds for flight weight, and is now confronted with uncertainty about her plans for the future.
This is not the first time that Lipski has missed the weight; She was forced from a showdown from 2022 with Priscila Cachoeura when she was 2.5 pounds above the limit. This time, however, is much more important, especially considering how low the target weight is.
UFC 316 fights in serious danger if hunter misses the weight with six pounds
On Friday afternoon, Wang Cong made comfortable weight on 125 pounds for her flying weight confrontation with Ariane Lipski. However, when her rival went on the scales, she appeared on 132 pounds, which means that she was six pounds above the extended limit of 126 pounds for non-title fights.
The Miss is the second of Lipski's career, but by far her most dramatic. It is about five percent of the entire body weight of Cong when it tips the scales at 125 pounds, and in another jurisdiction the fight would have been canceled almost immediately.
In the case of this competition there are two options; Congg can agree to fight with that enormous disadvantage and receive a percentage of her opponent's wallet or can be canceled the match. In New Jersey, that percentage also includes part of the profit bonus, which is not the case elsewhere.
UFC 316 ways had been relatively drama-free
Prior to this dramatic weightmiss, it had been a relatively quiet affair in New Jersey for the UFC 316 ways. The big question mark seemed to be around the weight of Kayla Harrison, but in the end she came in at 135 pounds early.
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The most important event was also no problem, because Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili both made the Bantamweight limit easy, as well as Julianna Pena. At the time of writing we still wait for Marquel Mederos and Joe Pyfer.