Benoit pulled from UFC card after shaky weigh-in

Ryan Benoit has been eliminated from this weekend’s UFC card after a provoking scene at weigh-ins.

Benoit neglected weight by 3 kilos on his 2nd strive Friday morning, coming in at 129 kilos for a flyweight bout in Las Vegas. He changed into once scheduled to battle Zarrukh Adashev at UFC Fight Evening on Saturday, nonetheless that bout has now been canceled because of a Benoit weight administration subject, UFC officers confirmed with ESPN.

On his first strive, a visibly dehydrated Benoit changed into once helped to the scale by coach Jamie Crowder and changed into once unable to stand there under his delight in strength prolonged adequate for Nevada Mumble Athletic Price (NSAC) chief assistant Jeff Mullen to register his weight. A wobbly Benoit changed into once helped off the scale by UFC security and Crowder.

Benoit changed into once then taken behind the curtain on the UFC Apex to be seemed at by a doctor. About five minutes later, Benoit returned and changed into once helped onto the scale by Crowder and UFC security. Silent wobbly, Benoit changed into once ready to discontinuance nonetheless on the scale prolonged adequate for Mullen to register the burden at 129 kilos.

Benoit changed into once transported to a Vegas clinic from the Apex after the 2nd strive on the scale. He changed into once discharged later Friday and is scheduled to waft home the following day, in response to his manager, Oren Hodak of KO Reps.

This shouldn’t be any longer the first time Benoit has had weight components. He also neglected weight by 3 kilos before a November 2017 battle with Ashkan Mokhtarian, nonetheless that battle remained on the cardboard and Benoit won by knockout.

Benoit (10-7) changed into once making an are attempting to snap a two-battle losing bound this weekend. The 31-one year-veteran Texas resident has no longer won since that victory over Mokhtarian virtually four years within the past. Adashev (3-3) is also on a two-battle losing bound and changed into once procuring for his first UFC victory Saturday.

A heavyweight bout between Ben Rothwell and Philipe Lins has also been pulled from the cardboard. Per the UFC, Lins changed into once no longer medically cleared to compete.

Diego Ferreira neglected weight for a scheduled bout with Gregor Gillespie, weighing in at 160.5 kilos — 4.5 kilos obese — for a mild-weight contest. The bout will remain on the cardboard, nonetheless Ferreira will forfeit 30% of his purse to Gillespie.

Both major match opponents made weight successfully. Marina Rodriguez weighed in at 125.5 kilos and Michelle Waterson came in at 125 kilos for the scheduled flyweight bout.