Watch: Gabi Garcia misses weight by 26 pounds against 53-year-old opponent
Just a couple of days ahead of RIZIN's two-day New Year's Eve event in Japan, Gabi Garcia is causing more problems in the combat sports world:
🇧🇷ギャビ・ガルシアが計量でまさかの12.7キロオーバー‼️
— クイール@格闘技ニュース (@QueelJp) December 28, 2017
95キロ契約のはずが107.7キロとなり、前代未聞のオーバー幅となった。これを見た神取忍は怒り心頭で怒声を発する。
ギャビは計量前日で9キロオーバーだったが、なぜか計量日に3キロ増える事態に。試合が行われるかは本日中に決定する。 pic.twitter.com/dTdO0YudzT
Garcia missed weight by nearly 27 pounds on Thursday, checking in at close to 237 pounds, rather than her contracted weight of 209, according to Anton Tabuena of Bloody Elbow.
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Garcia's opponent is 53-year-old Shinobu Kandori, who came in at 162.25 pounds. A difference of roughly 75 pounds.
Kandori screamed at Garcia before departing the stage, noticing the differences in weight. RIZIN head Nobuyuki Sakakibara hasn't made an official announcement on the fight's status, though he was upset and said the fight cannot continue on, according to Eric Kowal of MMA News.
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