A UFC 325 fighter has been compelled to challenge a public apology following a controversial incident on the card’s official weigh-in.
The fighter in query is Aaron Tau, a flyweight contender from New Zealand. He was scheduled to face Namsurai Batbayar within the finals of the most recent version of the Asian expertise program Street to UFC. Sadly, issues bumped into critical bother on the weigh-in stage.
After arriving on the weigh-in space, Tau took off his garments and went behind the UFC’s privateness display screen to weigh in, which normally means a tricky weight reduce. Nonetheless, his weight was 122.5 kilos, effectively beneath the flyweight restrict of 126 kilos.
It instantly aroused suspicion amongst these watching, and folks shortly seen that Tau was resting his elbow on the privateness display screen to take a few of the weight off the dimensions. Later, when he weighed himself once more with out a display screen, he tipped the dimensions and it learn 129 kilos, effectively above the flyweight restrict. In different phrases, it looks like he was attempting to cheat the scales.
This is identical trick that Daniel Cormier pulled off years in the past. The distinction, in fact, is that Cormier was the UFC gentle heavyweight champion on the time and was not an undercard fighter vying for a spot on the roster.
The Tau match was canceled because of this incident. Past that, he successfully derailed the Street to UFC match on the end line, so it is exhausting to say what the longer term holds for him. It is exhausting to think about the promotion’s decision-makers being proud of him.
Both approach, he desires UFC leaders and followers to know that he’s sorry. On Instagram, she apologized for not weighing sufficient.
Aaron Tau apologizes for botched weigh-in at UFC 325
“I owe an apology to my opponent, the UFC, my crew, and my followers,” Tau wrote. “I attempted my greatest till the tip, however I’ve one job to do: make weight and combat. I did not try this. I am sorry.”
Sadly, he didn’t obtain a lot sympathy from followers. Many identified that the UFC contender didn’t admit to truly trying to cheat.
One commenter wrote, “Losing a few pounds is one factor, however attempting to cheat in entrance of hundreds of thousands of individuals is one thing else totally.”
One other added: “Yeah, not solely did you not acquire weight, you cheated LOL.”
Tau’s skilled document in Tapology is 11 wins and 1 loss. His solely loss was a choice loss to Elijah Smith on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. This setback marked earlier unsuccessful makes an attempt to acquire a UFC contract.
UFC 325 takes place tonight in Sydney, Australia. Alexander Volkanovski will defend his featherweight belt in a rematch in opposition to Diego Lopez in the primary occasion.
