Flyweight Aaron Tau was scheduled to face Namsrai Batbayar within the Street to UFC remaining this weekend. This bout was additionally going to kick off the early prelims of UFC 325.
Nevertheless, the bout has been cancelled resulting from a dishonest try by one of many fighters in the course of the weigh-ins earlier at the moment.
Aaron Tau tried to Cheat On the UFC 325 weigh-ins
Aaron Tau, who’s but to signal with the UFC formally, was the final fighter to step on the scales on the UFC 325 weigh-ins. He lastly hit the scales, behind a curtain, and weighed 122.25 kilos, which is 3.75 kilos beneath the non-title flyweight restrict.
The dwell commentators have been shocked and instantly questioned if the Kiwi cheated by grabbing the towel, a trick beforehand utilized by former UFC double champ Daniel Cormier to make weight efficiently.
The curtain was eliminated subsequent, and the committee made him step on the scales once more. This time, he weighed in at 129 kilos, which is 3 kilos over the non-title flyweight restrict.
For the unversed, a step on the scales behind curtains to shed the load of their garments once they discover it extraordinarily laborious to make weight. It’s used as a final resort.
Jon Anik later announced that the battle had been cancelled.
As beforehand talked about, Daniel Cormier, earlier than making the second protection of his gentle heavyweight title, tried the towel trick in 2017. On the UFC 210 weigh-ins, Cormier, was was 1.2 kilos over the 205-pound restrict for a lightweight heavyweight championship battle. Nevertheless, in the course of the second weigh-in try, he got here in sharp at 205 kilos. ‘DC’ removed the additional weight by resting his palms on the towels.
After Aaron Tau missed weight, commentators and followers speculated that the Kiwi needed to duplicate the aforementioned trick by inserting his elbows on the railing of the curtains, however failed, in contrast to ‘DC.’
Aaron Tau, who boasts a Professional MMA report of 11-1, suffered his lone loss in 2024 in opposition to Elijah Smith on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. After that, within the Street to UFC event, he secured 2 back-to-back wins to achieve the finals, the place he was going to battle Namsrai Batbayar (9-1).
Batbayar, alternatively, made weight for the battle however is now left with out an opponent. At present, there is no such thing as a replace on whether or not he’ll obtain a UFC contract.
