Fans Demand Dana White Cut Undefeated Fighter After Huge Weight Miss
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 08: UFC CEO Dana White holds a press conference after the UFC 313 event at ... [+] T-Mobile Arena on March 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCRarely will fans call for an undefeated fighter to be released. However, that was the case on Friday after Diyar Nurgozhay missed weight by an otherworldly 4.5 pounds ahead of his fight with Brendson Ribeiro.Amazingly, Ribeiro accepted the fight, and the two men are still going to clash on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.That didnt stop fans from taking to social media, urging UFC President Dana White to cut Nurgozhay. The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan is 10-0, with four wins by KO. He earned a spot on the UFCs main roster with a memorable head kick KO win over Bartosz Szewczyk on Dana Whites Contender Series in October 2024.Nurgozhays fight with Ribeiro on Saturday is going to be the formers main roster debut. Needless to say, this is not the way a fighter wants to begin their career in the UFC.Cut him instantly, first day at work, one fan replied to one of the many social media posts announcing Nurgozhays weight miss. Give the other guy win money and move on.Cut him now, @danawhite, completely unprofessional, another fan commented. Doesnt deserve to fight in @ufc.Cut em. I would cut em right there, a third fan said. Coming to work on your first day unpreparedno excuses. Cut EM!Neither White nor the UFC has commented on Nurgozhays wide weight miss, and it is unlikely they will speak on the situation. Quite honestly, Saturdays card is one of the least-hyped events of the year. It is headlined by a middleweight scrap between Marvin Vettori and Roman Dolidze in a rematch of a fight that almost no one remembers.The fight could be epic, but the point is, this event isnt approaching with a ton of hype. Nurgozhays weight miss might actually draw as much attention as any result on the card.That said, missing weight by nearly five pounds in your UFC debut is like being an hour late for your first date with the person youve wanted to date your whole life. Nurgozhay wasnt alone in the weight-missing category.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 14: Chidi Njokuani poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in ... [+] at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino on March 14, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCCo-main eventer Chidi Njokuani missed weight by 1.5 pounds ahead of his fight with Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. Its the second time Njokuani has missed weight in his UFC career. Hes 36 years old with a 24-10 record. It might not be a stretch to say that if he loses to dos Santos on Saturday, it could be his final fight in the UFC.While not as egregious of a miss as Nurgozhay and Njokuani, Josias Musasa, another fighter making his UFC main roster debut, also missed weight.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 14: Josias Musasa of The Democratic Republic of Congo poses on the scale ... [+] during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino on March 14, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCMusasa missed weight by half a pound ahead of his fight with Carlos Vera. Musasa comes into the fight 8-0 after barely making the cut on the Contender Series with a split-decision win over Otari Tanzilovi in September 2024.On Saturday, well see how well Nurgozhay, Njokuani, and Musasa perform with the pressure on them to deliver after falling short on the scales. Here is a look at the entire card.Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze - MiddleweightElizeu Zaleski vs. Chidi Njokuani - WelterweightAlexander Hernandez vs. Kurt Holobaugh - LightweightDaMon Blackshear vs. Cody Gibson - BantamweightDiyar Nurgozhay vs. Brendson Ribeiro - Light HeavyweightKevin Vallejos vs. Seung Woo Choi - FeatherweightWaldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ryan Spann - HeavyweightSu Young You vs. AJ Cunningham - BantamweightJosias Musasa vs. Carlos Vera - BantamweightSam Hughes vs. Stephanie Luciano - StrawweightAndr Lima vs. Daniel Barez - FlyweightJosiane Nunes vs. P. Cachoeira - BantamweightYuneisy Duben vs. Carli Judice - Flyweight
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