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Kevin Lee Reacts To Missing Weight For UFC Atlantic City

Earlier today the MMA world was hit with the news that top lightweight Kevin Lee had missed weight during the early weigh-ins for his main event with Edson Barboza at this weekend’s (Sat., April 21, 2018) UFC Atlantic City. The miss, where ‘The Motown Phenom’ came in one pound over the non-title fight limit of […]

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Earlier today the MMA world was hit with the news that top lightweight Kevin Lee had missed weight during the early weigh-ins for his main event with Edson Barboza at this weekend’s (Sat., April 21, 2018) UFC Atlantic City.

The miss, where ‘The Motown Phenom’ came in one pound over the non-title fight limit of 156 pounds, was significant in that he had nearly missed weight for his interim title fight with Tony Ferguson at last year’s UFC 216, coming in extremely late and weighing following a weight cut that ‘damn near killed him’ while he was dealing with a staph infection.

But he wasn’t dealing with such an ailment this time around, so the inevitable questions of if he should move up to welterweight are swirling this afternoon. Lee issued a statement on Instagram to clarify that this was actually the first time he had ever missed weight, apologizing to the UFC, Dana White, and his opponent before saying he just ran out of time:

“For the first time ever in my athletic career since high school I’ve missed weight this morning. I just ran outta time. I apologize @Ufc @danawhite@edsonbarbozajr tomorrow Imma go put on a show”

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Kevin Lee Misses Weight For UFC Atlantic City

Kevin Lee missed weight in his first attempt on Friday morning (April 20, 2018) for his scheduled bout at UFC Atlantic City. Lee weighed in at 157 pounds with only three minutes to spare in the two-hour window. The top contender is slated to fight Edson Barboza in the main event of this show. Brett […]

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Kevin Lee missed weight in his first attempt on Friday morning (April 20, 2018) for his scheduled bout at UFC Atlantic City.

Lee weighed in at 157 pounds with only three minutes to spare in the two-hour window. The top contender is slated to fight Edson Barboza in the main event of this show.

Brett Okamoto has confirmed that as a result of Lee missing weight, the two sides have agreed to fight at catchweight and Lee will forfeit 20% of his purse.

Okamoto also noted on Twitter that Lee checked his weight on Monday before leaving for New York and told him that he’s expected to check in three pounds lighter than usual this week. Obviously, that didn’t happen.

This isn’t the first time that Lee has recently missed weight. If you recall, at the UFC 216 PPV (pay-per-view) event in Las Vegas, Nevada in October of 2016, Lee initially missed weight for his interim lightweight title bout against Tony Ferguson, which served as the main event of the show.

Lee came in one pound over the 155-pound limit and had to cut the last pound and had one hour to do it. He was able to do so despite him battling a staph infection.

After the situation, Lee went on record by admitting that the entire process was among his worst ever and “damn near killed” him.

UFC Atlantic City is set to take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey

The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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UFC Atlantic City Weigh-in Results: Kevin Lee Misses Weight

The UFC Atlantic City weigh-in session has wrapped up. Tomorrow night (April 21), the event will take place inside the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the main event, fourth ranked lightweight Edson Barboza will meet seventh ranked Kevi…

The UFC Atlantic City weigh-in session has wrapped up. Tomorrow night (April 21), the event will take place inside the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the main event, fourth ranked lightweight Edson Barboza will meet seventh ranked Kevin Lee. Barboza tipped the scales at 155.6 pounds, while Lee clocked in at 157 pounds which is […]

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Flyweight Bout Scrapped From UFC Atlantic City

There has been one bout scrapped from the upcoming UFC Atlantic City event thanks to injury. It was revealed on Friday during the official weigh-ins that Magomed Bibulatov has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Ulka Sasaki at UFC Atlantic City. As for the reason?, it’s due to a lingering back injury that […]

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There has been one bout scrapped from the upcoming UFC Atlantic City event thanks to injury.

It was revealed on Friday during the official weigh-ins that Magomed Bibulatov has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Ulka Sasaki at UFC Atlantic City. As for the reason?, it’s due to a lingering back injury that flared up on Thursday night (April 19, 2018).

With the news being such short notice, Ulka Sasaki will likely receive his show money as long as he weighs in for the originally scheduled bout. Now, the event is down twelve fights.

Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting was the first to report the news by writing the following on his official Twitter account:

This bout was originally supposed to air during the FOX Sports 1 preliminary card. Now, the promotion will have to move up a bout from the UFC Fight Pass preliminary portion of the card.

Any of the three bouts could be moved up, which are Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith in a women’s bantamweight bout, Merab Dvalishvili vs. Ricky Simon in a bantamweight bout, and Tony Martin vs. Keita Nakamura in a welterweight bout. The promotion will be announcing the bout change sometime today.

UFC Atlantic City is set to take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Here’s how the current card looks like:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Edson Barboza vs. Kevin Lee

Featherweight: Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson

Heavyweight: Chase Sherman vs. Justin Willis

Middleweight: David Branch vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos

Bantamweight: Brett Johns vs. Aljamain Sterling

Lightweight: Dan Hooker vs. Jim Miller

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Alex Garcia vs. Ryan LaFlare

Welterweight: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Luan Chagas

Light Heavyweight: Corey Anderson vs. Patrick Cummins

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Women’s Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith

Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Ricky Simon

Welterweight: Tony Martin vs. Keita Nakamura

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Flyweight Bout Scrapped From UFC Atlantic City

There has been one bout scrapped from the upcoming UFC Atlantic City event thanks to injury. It was revealed on Friday during the official weigh-ins that Magomed Bibulatov has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Ulka Sasaki at UFC Atlantic City. As for the reason?, it’s due to a lingering back injury that […]

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There has been one bout scrapped from the upcoming UFC Atlantic City event thanks to injury.

It was revealed on Friday during the official weigh-ins that Magomed Bibulatov has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Ulka Sasaki at UFC Atlantic City. As for the reason?, it’s due to a lingering back injury that flared up on Thursday night (April 19, 2018).

With the news being such short notice, Ulka Sasaki will likely receive his show money as long as he weighs in for the originally scheduled bout. Now, the event is down twelve fights.

Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting was the first to report the news by writing the following on his official Twitter account:

This bout was originally supposed to air during the FOX Sports 1 preliminary card. Now, the promotion will have to move up a bout from the UFC Fight Pass preliminary portion of the card.

Any of the three bouts could be moved up, which are Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith in a women’s bantamweight bout, Merab Dvalishvili vs. Ricky Simon in a bantamweight bout, and Tony Martin vs. Keita Nakamura in a welterweight bout. The promotion will be announcing the bout change sometime today.

UFC Atlantic City is set to take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Here’s how the current card looks like:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Edson Barboza vs. Kevin Lee

Featherweight: Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson

Heavyweight: Chase Sherman vs. Justin Willis

Middleweight: David Branch vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos

Bantamweight: Brett Johns vs. Aljamain Sterling

Lightweight: Dan Hooker vs. Jim Miller

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Alex Garcia vs. Ryan LaFlare

Welterweight: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Luan Chagas

Light Heavyweight: Corey Anderson vs. Patrick Cummins

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Women’s Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith

Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Ricky Simon

Welterweight: Tony Martin vs. Keita Nakamura

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UFC Atlantic City Weigh-In Results: One Fighter Misses Weight

UFC Atlantic City is set to take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, […]

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UFC Atlantic City is set to take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey

The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Edson Barboza vs. Kevin Lee in a lightweight bout will headline this event while Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson in a featherweight bout will co-headline the show.

Rounding out the six bout main card is Chase Sherman vs. Justin Willis in a heavyweight bout, David Branch vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos in a middleweight bout, Brett Johns vs. Aljamain Sterling in a bantamweight bout, and Dan Hooker vs. Jim Miller in a lightweight bout.

UFC officials held the weigh-ins for UFC Atlantic City on Friday. Magomed Bibulatov has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Ulka Sasaki with a back injury. Also, Aspen Ladd missed weight on first attempt and will not weigh in again. Here are the weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Edson Barboza (155.6) vs. Kevin Lee ()
  • Frankie Edgar (145.6) vs. Cub Swanson (145)
  • Chase Sherman (247) vs. Justin Willis (265.4)
  • David Branch (186) vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos (185.8)
  • Brett Johns (135.8) vs. Aljamain Sterling (135.2)
  • Dan Hooker (155.6) vs. Jim Miller (155.4)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Alex Garcia (171) vs. Ryan LaFlare (170.6)
  • Magomed Bibulatov ()** vs. Ulka Sasaki ()
  • Siyar Bahadurzada (171) vs. Luan Chagas ()
  • Corey Anderson (205) vs. Patrick Cummins (205.6)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

  • Aspen Ladd (137.8)* vs. Leslie Smith (135.4)
  • Merab Dvalishvili (135.2) vs. Ricky Simon (135.8)
  • Tony Martin (170.6) vs. Keita Nakamura (170.6)

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