Roberson misses weight again ahead of Vettori fight
Karl Roberson missed weight Friday morning ahead of his middleweight co-main event against Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo in Las Vegas.
Roberson came in at 190.5 pounds, 4.5 pounds over the division's limit. He also weighed in only 10 minutes into the weigh-in window, which lasts from 9-11 a.m. local time.
"Baby K" will forfeit 30% of his purse to Vettori, according to MMA Fighting's Jose Youngs.
There already was drama heading into the Karl Roberson-Marvin Vettori fight this week at #UFCVegas2. It may get ratcheted up an extra notch now that Roberson has missed weight on the scale at the official weigh-ins. https://t.co/AtuBHXx62X pic.twitter.com/EFixlFmtq9
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) June 12, 2020
Roberson has now missed weight twice in the past month. The 29-year-old was previously scheduled to fight Vettori on May 13 and came in overweight at 187.5 pounds. He was later hospitalized due to medical issues stemming from his weight cut and pulled from the card.
Vettori and Roberson were then involved in an altercation at the host hotel the day they were supposed to step into the Octagon. Vettori verbally erupted on his planned opponent and had to be held back by UFC security.
Since then, the two middleweight prospects have engaged in a war of words ahead of their rescheduled bout.
Vettori was the first one on the scale Friday morning, making weight at 186 pounds.