Flyweight contender Deiveson Figueiredo tipped the scales at 127.5 pounds for his scheduled title fight against Joseph Benavidez at UFC Norfolk. Given the weight miss, the Brazilian immediately became ineligible to become champion, should he end up victorious.
Figueiredo did pick up a win via second-round TKO, but the title remains vacant. During the post-fight scrum, he along with his manager and translator Wallid Ismail revealed a stomach cramp that happened on fight week.
“You know what happened? I was cutting weight really smoothly, everything was fine,” Figueiredo said through Ismail. “But in the day of the weigh in, I felt a bad cramp in my stomach.