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UFC 279 will now have Nate Diaz-Tony Ferguson on the card after Khamzat Chimaev weighed in 7 1/2 pounds over the limit.

Although Chimaev is facing hefty financial penalties for his mistake, he will stay on the card to face Holland in a 180-pound catchweight bout. Featherweight Hakeem Dawodu and Heavyweight Chris Barnett also missed weight for UFC 279, but will stay on the card in their original bouts. Ferguson was scheduled to face Li Jingliang in the penultimate bout of UFC 279.

Nate Diaz will fight fellow fan favourite Tony Ferguson over five rounds. Chimaev will fight Kevin Holland - having kicked him in the chest at yesterday's press ...

Chimaev was, as usual, given an extra hour to try to make weight but did not attempt it given how far off the limit he was. The fight will be a five-round co-main event. As the crowd continued to roar with disapproval, he screamed: “Hey, this is Chechnya motherf***ers. Chimaev will fight Kevin Holland - having kicked him in the chest at yesterday’s press-conference - in another five-round co-main event. I come here to f*** everybody. Asked about his failed weight cut, he replied: “They (doctors) stopped that s**t. I don’t know, I wanted more cutting that s***.” I f***ed him backstage as well. I wanna smash everybody. The headline welterweight bout was subsequently scrapped. All these guys claiming they’re gangsters. “It’s been a hell of a night and a hell of a morning here,” UFC boss Dana White began his announcement of the new card.

When White awakened on Friday, the main event was a welterweight bout between Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev. Tony Ferguson was scheduled to meet Li Jingliang in ...

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The grueling process of cutting weight for a UFC fight has been well-documented. Often, fighters are able to hit their contracted weight and the fight goes ...

The fighter who made weight is often given a percentage of their fight purse. If the individual who misses weight also happens to be a UFC champion, that fighter is forced to vacate the belt. If the fighter who missed weight wins, the title will remain vacant. If they are not able to hit the mark on a second attempt, the UFC will ask their opponent if they are willing to accept the fight at a "catchweight." This can lead to a significant disadvantage: the fighter who misses weight is bigger and stronger and has more energy due to not having to fully cut down to the weight limit. When a UFC fighter misses weight during the morning weigh-in window the day before the fight, the state athletic commission can give them another hour or two to make the weight.