Renato Moicano could have accepted a title struggle at UFC 311 on simply 24 hours’ discover, however he really ended up weighing greater than light-weight champion Islam Makhachev by the point they set foot within the octagon to go to battle.
On Tuesday, the California State Athletic Fee shared the struggle night time weights from the athletes competing at UFC 311 with MMA Combating. In an effort to curb excessive weight reducing, the California fee tracks how a lot weight fighters are gaining between weigh-ins and struggle night time with athletes being flagged in the event that they achieve greater than 10 % of their physique weight, which may result in a suggestion to doubtlessly take into account a change in divisions.
A complete of 15 fighters competing at UFC 311 broke that 10 % threshold.
Moicano hit the dimensions on Friday at 155 kilos to make championship weight however then he gained a whopping 26.8 kilos by struggle night time to weigh 181.8 kilos. Whereas Makhachev wasn’t too far behind, he really weighed much less after making 155 kilos on Friday after which weighing 178 kilos on Saturday.
The co-main occasion fighters additionally noticed vital will increase with reigning bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili really coming in a single pound beneath championship weight at 134 kilos however then gaining 22.8 kilos to weigh 156.8 kilos on struggle night time.
Challenger Umar Nurmagomedov hit the dimensions at precisely 135 kilos and he gained 21.8 kilos to weigh 156.8 kilos as properly at UFC 311.
Maybe the largest disparity in weight by struggle night time got here within the middleweight bout that opened the primary card as Reinier de Ridder hit the dimensions at 184.5 kilos on Friday after which gained 27.5 kilos by Saturday.
The previous ONE champion weighed 212 kilos on struggle night time whereas Kevin Holland was solely 190.4 kilos after he gained simply 6.9 kilos after weigh-ins.
There have been a complete of 5 fighters who gained again 17 % of their physique weight, which was probably the most gained on your complete card.
Listed here are the complete struggle night time weights for UFC 311 together with the proportion of weighed gained again after weigh-ins for all athletes:
Islam Makhachev: 154.5 to 178 kilos (23.5 kilos), 17%
Renato Moicano: 155 to 181.8 kilos (26.8 kilos), 17%
Merab Dvalishvili: 134 to 156.8 kilos (22.8 kilos), 17%
Umar Nurmagomedov: 135 to 156.8 kilos (21.8 kilos), 16%
Jiri Prochazka: 204.5 to 208.2 kilos (3.7 kilos), 2%
Jamahal Hill: 205.5 to 221.8 kilos (16.3 kilos), 8%
Reinier de Ridder: 184.5 to 212 kilos (27.5 kilos), 15%
Kevin Holland: 183.5 to 190.4 kilos (6.9 kilos), 4%
Raoni Barcelos: 135.5 to 158.2 kilos (22.7 kilos), 17%
Payton Talbott: 135.5 to 158.2 kilos (22.7 kilos), 17%
Jailton Almeida: 235 to 232.2 kilos (-2.8 kilos), -1%
Serghei Spivac: 233 to 234.2 kilos (1.2 kilos), 1%
Bogdan Guskov: 205.5 to 214.4 kilos (8.9 kilos), 4%
Billy Elekana: 200 to 202.4 kilos (2.4 kilos), 1%
Grant Dawson: 156 to 179.4 kilos (23.4 kilos), 15%
Diego Ferreira: 156 to 173.2 kilos (17.2 kilos), 11%
Azamat Bekoev: 185.5 to 203.2 kilos (17.7 kilos), 10%
Zachary Reese: 185.5 to 201 kilos (15.5 kilos), 8%
Ailin Perez: 135 to 152.2 kilos (17.2 kilos), 13%
Karol Rosa: 135.5 to 154 kilos (18.5 kilos), 14%
Muin Gafurov: 136 to 151.8 kilos (15.8 kilos), 12%
Rinya Nakamura: 135.5 to 148.6 kilos (13.1 kilos), 10%
Bernardo Sopaj: 135 to 147.8 kilos (12.8 kilos), 9%
Ricky Turcios: 136 to 156.6 kilos (20.6 kilos), 15%
Tagir Ulanbekov: 125.5 to 147.4 kilos (21.9 kilos), 17%
Clayton Carpenter: 125.5 to 141.2 kilos (15.7 kilos), 13%