UFC London fight canceled after 11 hours due to fighter being 8 pounds overweight

The UFC London card was lower down to at least one combat with at some point remaining till combat night time.

The subsequent Struggle Night time occasion is scheduled to happen on Saturday, March twenty first on the O2 Area in London, England. The centerpiece of the cardboard is a key featherweight bout broadly seen as a title decider, pitting No. 1 ranked contender Movsar Evloev in opposition to No. 3 contender Lerone Murphy.

At Friday’s official weigh-in at UFC London, Luana Carolina weighed in at 144 kilos, a whopping eight kilos over her scheduled non-title restrict of 136 kilos for her scheduled combat in opposition to Melissa Mullins at bantamweight. In the meantime, Mullins stepped on the size moments earlier and weighed 136 kilos.

The UFC in the end known as off the combat because of the massive weight distinction on the official weigh-in.

Shortly after, Mullins took to Instagram to precise her dismay on the flip of occasions and revealed that she and Carolina had mutually agreed to proceed the combat, however the fee in the end intervened and known as it quits, citing regulatory considerations.

“No Mess” was scheduled to compete at UFC London instantly after struggling a unanimous resolution loss to Daria Zhelezniakova at UFC Baku in June 2025. The 34-year-old Coventry native at present holds a 2-2 file within the UFC and is 7-2 general.

In the meantime, Carolina final competed in September at UFC Perth, the place her three-fight successful streak ended with a unanimous resolution loss to Michelle Montague. The 32-year-old Brazilian at present holds a 6-4 file throughout the UFC.

‘Dread’ has developed a nasty popularity, having missed weight a complete of thrice throughout his time within the UFC. The primary occurred in 2021, previous to her cut up resolution victory over Poliana Botelho. She then missed the flyweight restrict once more in February 2024 at UFC Vegas 85 in a match in opposition to Juliya Stoliarenko.

His scheduled combat in opposition to Montana de la Rosa at UFC Vegas 113 in March 2025 was canceled as a result of he was unable to take part within the weigh-ins resulting from issue in making weight.