Cyborg must make 140 pounds for UFC Brasilia due to no pound allowance
Two days before she's to tip the scales for her 140-pound catchweight meeting with Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil, the powers that be aren't making Cris Cyborg's weight cut any easier.
The Brazilian's struggles with managing her weight have been well documented, and after revealing on Monday that she was two dozen pounds away from Friday's presumed 141-pound limit, Cyborg is now claiming she will not be afforded the customary one-pound margin of error:
I am not allowed 141 that will still miss weight. @BrianStann
— #ufcbrasilia (@criscyborg) September 21, 2016
According to MMA Fighting's insider Ariel Helwani, Cyborg still has 15 pounds to shed as of Wednesday afternoon:
I'm told Cris Cyborg weighed 155 pounds this AM. 14 pounds left, 48 hours to go.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 21, 2016
To make matters worse, the Brazilian's struggles could be for naught, as Lansberg has reportedly stated she would have agreed to fight her at featherweight, where she's competed for the near entirety of her 11-year career.
Not that we're that surprised, but Lansberg just said she would have taken the fight at 145 if that was the weight offered to her.
— Fernanda Prates (@NandaPrates_) September 21, 2016
Saturday's tilt between Cyborg and Lansberg marks the UFC's first main event contested at a catchweight since 2012.
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