UFC 206 had already been reshaped quite a bit by injuries and other pull-outs, and the card just changed a little bit more: #5 contender Anthony Pettis missed weight for the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship main event by three whole pounds, weighing in at 148 lbs. This would have been just his 2nd fight at featherweight, though he used the one pound allowance to come in at 146 lbs. in his debut win over Charles Oliveira. Petits’s UFC 206 opponent, #2 contender Max Holloway, made “championship weight” on the dot at 145 lbs., and the belt will still be at stake if he wins.
The last time someone in a UFC title fight missed weight was when Travis Lutter weighed in a two pounds over and then one and a half pounds over in his second attempt before fighting Anderson Silva. Johny Hendricks missed weight on his first attempt before his first fight with Robbie Lawler, but made it on the second attempt. Since the UFC’s adoption of earlier weigh-ins, there is no longer any kind of grace period after the first attempt. You can strip if you think your clothing puts you over the limit, but that’s it. There’s no more additional hour to try and drop the remaining weight.
Pettis was not the only fighter to miss weight. Valerie Letourneau did as well, coming in one and a half pounds over the non-title limit, while Rustam Khabilov came in two pounds over.
