UK welterweight stand-out, Paul “Semtex” Daley and former UFC heavyweight champion, Ricco Rodriguez both came in over the limit for their respective fights at BAMMA 5 in Manchester, England and will have an hour to lose the additional.Rodriguez was first on to the scales out of the two, coming in at 216.8 pounds for his 215 pound catchweight fight with James McSweeney. Next up was Daley who weighed 172 pounds for his welterweight title clash with Japanese star, Yuya Shirai. Daley will have to lose two pounds as it’s a title fight.
Here’s the results in full:
BAMMA 5 – Main Card
Paul Daley (172lbs) vs Yuya Shirai (169.6lbs)
Ricco Rodriguez (216.8bs) vs James McSweeney (214.6lbs)
Alex Makhonin (182.6lbs) vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185.4lbs)
Claudio Henrique Da Silva (186.5lbs) vs Jean-Francois Lenogue (185lbs)
BAMMA 5 – Preliminary Card
Leeroy Barnes (170.6lbs) vs Mohsen Bahari (169.6lbs)
Rob Mills (170.2lbs) vs Leigh Cohoon (169lbs)
Jason Ball (155.8lbs) vs Peter Duncan (152.4lbs)
Paul Cook (170lbs) vs Michael Johnson (170.6lbs)
Tim Newman (155.2lbs) vs Diego Vital (155lbs)
Costas Doru (155.2lbs) vs Liam James (155.4lbs)
Franky Slater (154.4lbs) vs Jeremy Petley (155.8lbs)
The news could be a disaster for the UK promotion if Daley doesn’t make weight, just a few months removed from cancelling an event in Newcastle, England which was due to be headlined by American heavyweight, Bob Sapp.
UPDATE: Paul Daley failed to make weight at the second time of asking has since announced his fight with Shirai will be a three-round contest.
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