Deiveson Figueiredo will no longer be eligible to win the UFC flyweight championship against Joseph Benavidez in Norfolk after missing weight by 2.5 pounds, but remains focused on Saturday night’s fight.
Speaking with MMA Fighting after the official weigh-ins, Figueiredo’s longtime manager Wallid Ismail offered an explanation as to why “Deus das Guerra” came in overweight ahead of the biggest fight of his career when his body stopped sweating.
“He has a nutritionist, Dr. Lia (Correia), and he told her how he was feeling, nausea, a problem in his belly, like cramps,” Ismail said, “And they came to a conclusion that he couldn’t continue cutting weight.