The dreaded scale fail.
It’s something that mixed martial arts (MMA) fans never want to see. It certainly doesn’t help when a fighter misses weight and squanders an opportunity such as a title shot or even their job.
This list of biggest failed weight cuts in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history focuses on the weight cuts that frittered away massive opportunities. For more brutal weight cuts, click here.
Let’s get this started.
10. John Lineker – UFC 183
John Lineker was on a tear in the UFC’s flyweight division. Eight fights into his 125-pound run, “Hands of Stone” earned six wins and four stoppages. The problem was, he didn’t make weight for half his fights.
The final straw came when Lineker missed weight for the fourth time heading into his UFC 183 bout with Ian McCall. Lineker weighed in at 130 pounds. He went on to defeat “Uncle Creepy” by unanimous decision, but he was forced to move to the bantamweight division.
It’s a shame that MMA fans missed out on a flyweight title showdown between Lineker and the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighter Demetrious Johnson. Instead, Lineker has had to start over in the 135-pound weight class.
There is good news for “Hands of Stone,” however. He is currently undefeated in the UFC’s bantamweight division at 4-0. Of course, he did miss weight in his last bout with John Dodson so it’s possible for him to squander another opportunity should he miss weight again.
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