Russian fighter Victoria Dudakova said on that she would explain the reasons why she could not meet the weight limit after the fight with American Jin Yu Frey.
On Friday morning, the weigh-in ceremony for the participants of the UFC 294 tournament took place in Abu Dhabi; Dudakova was unable to meet the flyweight limit in her equipment and was forced to weigh in naked, as prescribed by the organization’s rules. . It was covered with a special screen.
Without clothes, Dudakova weighed 116.5 pounds (52.83 kg), which is slightly over the flyweight limit. Now she will probably lose 20% of her purse, but will be able to fight.
“I usually do my braids the day before the fight, today I am completely recovering and gaining weight, so I decided to do them today.
— You lost a little weight, did that hurt you? Including psychologically.
-Actually, no, I wasn’t particularly upset. I realized I couldn’t do it. If I had entered the weight range, I wouldn’t have been able to perform at all. I’m going slow, it happens to everyone. Additionally, there is a 200 gram advantage. There are reasons for this, which I will tell you about after the fight.
In general, the weight race went as planned, there are just reasons why it didn’t work out,” Dudakova said on the air of the show “Everyone for the match!” . on the channel.
In mixed martial arts, Dudakova fought seven fights and did not suffer any defeats.
Watch the live broadcast of the UFC 294 tournament on Saturday from 9:00 p.m. (Moscow time) on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The main event of the evening will be the fight between the Russian Islam Makhachev and the Australian Alexander Volkanovski.
Source : MatchTV
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