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Alexa Grasso issues statement after UFC 246 weight miss, headed to flyweight division

After missing weight by 5.5 pounds at the UFC 246 official weigh-ins, which led to her fight against Claudia Gadelha to be canceled, Grasso issued an apology to Gadelha and the UFC on Friday evening.

“I want to apologize to Claudia Gadelha and the UFC. I know this is a fight all were waiting a lot, including me. I trained very much for this and I did everything to lose those pounds,” Grasso wrote on Instagram. “The commission did not allow our combat although my opponent and I agreed with the sanction this implied for me.