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Opinion: Weight Cutting Matters

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As is becoming increasingly common, a high profile fight fell through the week of an Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view card. In this case, UFC 211 lost out on a bout between flyweight contenders Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis. On a loaded card where the matchup had received limited hype, it’s not too badly missed, but it did bring up something else.