Midnight Mania: CSAC Releases UFC 311 Fight Weights, Reveal Shocking 22-Pound Differential

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UFC doesn’t hold more than a couple events per year in “The Golden State,” but they’re always informative. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) is one of the few states that still reveals fighter purses, offering rare insight into the modern state of fighter pay. In addition, the CSAC has made it a top priority to tackle excessive weight cutting (when they’re not getting fooled by Merab Dvalishvili, at least).

A big part of that approach is weighing fighters on the evening of the event. Ideally, CSAC would prefer fighters gain less than 10% of their weight back between weigh-ins and competition. More than 15% often means the commission will not let the athlete compete at that weight class again in the future, though that’s difficult to enforce on a promotion like the UFC that travels between various states and countries. All of this information is public and has been helpfully compiled by MMA Fighting.

Check out the full list of UFC 311 fighter’s and their respective weight gain percentage below:

Islam Makhachev: 154.5 to 178 pounds (23.5 pounds), 17%
Renato Moicano: 155 to 181.8 pounds (26.8 pounds), 17%
Merab Dvalishvili: 134 to 156.8 pounds (22.8 pounds), 17%
Umar Nurmagomedov: 135 to 156.8 pounds (21.8 pounds), 16%
Jiri Prochazka: 204.5 to 208.2 pounds (3.7 pounds), 2%
Jamahal Hill: 205.5 to 221.8 pounds (16.3 pounds), 8%
Reinier de Ridder: 184.5 to 212 pounds (27.5 pounds), 15%
Kevin Holland: 183.5 to 190.4 pounds (6.9 pounds), 4%
Raoni Barcelos: 135.5 to 158.2 pounds (22.7 pounds), 17%
Payton Talbott: 135.5 to 158.2 pounds (22.7 pounds), 17%
Jailton Almeida: 235 to 232.2 pounds (-2.8 pounds), -1%
Serghei Spivac: 233 to 234.2 pounds (1.2 pounds), 1%
Bogdan Guskov: 205.5 to 214.4 pounds (8.9 pounds), 4%
Billy Elekana: 200 to 202.4 pounds (2.4 pounds), 1%
Grant Dawson: 156 to 179.4 pounds (23.4 pounds), 15%
Diego Ferreira: 156 to 173.2 pounds (17.2 pounds), 11%
Azamat Bekoev: 185.5 to 203.2 pounds (17.7 pounds), 10%
Zachary Reese: 185.5 to 201 pounds (15.5 pounds), 8%
Ailin Perez: 135 to 152.2 pounds (17.2 pounds), 13%
Karol Rosa: 135.5 to 154 pounds (18.5 pounds), 14%
Muin Gafurov: 136 to 151.8 pounds (15.8 pounds), 12%
Rinya Nakamura: 135.5 to 148.6 pounds (13.1 pounds), 10%
Bernardo Sopaj: 135 to 147.8 pounds (12.8 pounds), 9%
Ricky Turcios: 136 to 156.6 pounds (20.6 pounds), 15%
Tagir Ulanbekov: 125.5 to 147.4 pounds (21.9 pounds), 17%
Clayton Carpenter: 125.5 to 141.2 pounds (15.7 pounds), 13%

There are quite a few surprising and notable numbers in this list. For one, who would have guessed that former Featherweight Renato Moicano would be heavier than the champion with the huge back muscles and crushing squeeze? “Money” must be eating well!

Jiri Prochazka was another surprise. The former Light Heavyweight kingpin never seems small in the Octagon, but he’s definitely very light for the division. If he does go to Middleweight at some point in the future, he would still be weighing less than somebody like Paulo Costa, who has rehydrated all the way up to 215-pounds by fight night.

Finally, Reinier de Ridder vs. Kevin Holland was the biggest numerical mismatch of the evening, as “The Dutch Knight” was 22 pounds heavier than his opponent. That’s a shocking figure, but it does make sense. Holland has competed at Welterweight fairly recently, whereas de Ridder was an accomplished Light Heavyweight prior to his UFC signing.

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