Christopher Ewert lived a dream and a nightmare over just some days’ time after signing for a brief discover combat at UFC 317 after which being minimize from the promotion earlier than he ever obtained an opportunity to compete because of lacking weight for his matchup towards Jackson McVay by 10 kilos.
It was introduced simply earlier than the official weigh-ins began that Ewert was unable to make the contracted weight and he was instantly launched. Ewert was initially scheduled to compete on The Contender Collection in August earlier than he accepted the brief discover combat however his weight reducing catastrophe seemingly took that chance away from him as nicely.
Fortunately, Ewert obtained some excellent news within the aftermath of UFC 317.
The 31-year-old Chilean fighter continues to be going to get his probability to compete on The Contender Collection together with his combat booked on Aug. 19 towards Yuri Panferov.
Sources confirmed the information to MMA Combating’s Mike Heck following an preliminary report from ESPN reporter Carlos Contreras Legaspi.
Now clearly competing on The Contender Collection doesn’t assure that Ewert will get one other probability to make a primary impression within the UFC however he can no less than take solace that he’ll have the chance to proper the flawed from this previous weekend.
His coach Javier Torres beforehand knowledgeable MMA Combating that Ewert tried desperately to get all the way down to the middleweight restrict after signing to simply accept the combat on brief discover.
Regardless of their greatest efforts, Ewert nonetheless got here up brief and because of this, the UFC launched him from his contract.
“We did strive tremendous f*cking onerous,” Torres stated. “We minimize 22 kilos from Wednesday to Friday morning.”
The brand new season of Dana White’s Contender Collection kicks off on Aug. 12 earlier than Ewert will get his alternative to impress UFC officers when he makes his debut on Aug. 19.
