Ricco Rodriguez‘s move down to light heavyweight hit a significant snag on Monday, as the former UFC heavyweight champ missed weight by 10 pounds for Tuesday’s clash with Daniel Tabera (16-3-3) at Israel FC: Genesis.
Rodriguez (44-11) showed up to Monday’s weigh-ins looking “extremely exhausted,” according to LowKick.com, which also spoke with Rodriguez’s manager after the former UFC titleholder clocked in at 215 pounds.
“Ricco had a very tough time making weight because of the old injury that came back two days ago,” Tiago Okamura said. “He trained really hard. He also had a staph infection one month ago, so it’s not so easy to cut so much weight after a long recovery process. We settled the issue with Daniel Tabera and his camp, so the fight will go as planned.”