Khamzat Chimaev has missed weight by 7.5lb for his UFC 279 fight with Nate Diaz on Saturday night.
Chimaev needed to weigh-in at no more than 171lb for his welterweight fight with Diaz in Las Vegas, but he stepped on the scale at. 178.5lb Before he made it to the scale, reports stated that Chimaev was struggling to make the weight with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani stating he was almost 10lb over the limit.
The Chechen told former two-weight UFC champion turned analyst Daniel Cormier he weighed 187lb on Wednesday, meaning he had to cut 16lb in just two days to make the welterweight limit. Chimaev, who has also fought at middleweight, is one of the biggest 170lb fighters on the UFC roster and cuts a lot of weight to reach the limit.
