Bryan Battle is the final guest of the day and he’s back to discuss UFC 319 fight week, including his weight miss that led to his bout being cancelled, believing he can still make middleweight, hoping for the fight to be rebooked for October,

Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega winner Bryan Battle weighed in at 190 pounds for his scheduled Middleweight bout against

When speaking to Nursulton Ruziboev after their fight was cancelled, Bryan Battle’s comments during fight week were brought up. Battle had told Spinnin Backfist that he blamed his opponent for their now cancelled bout being scheduled to take place on the prelims.

In a move not unlike the old Johny Hendricks days, Battle moved up a division after blowing up the scale at welterweight, though it didn’t seem to matter once “The Butcher” clocked in at 190 pounds. As a result, UFC canceled his fight shortly after today’s UFC 319 early (and official) weigh ins.

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Despite moving back to middleweight after coming in four pounds over in his last welterweight bout, Battle is once again in the same position as he was at UFC 310. This time, the 13-2 fighter is four pounds over the middleweight limit, coming in at 190 pounds.

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev made weight Friday before they square off in the UFC 319 main event Saturday in Chicago.Du Plessis and Chimaev weighed in at 185 and 183 pounds,

This The last time the UFC was in Chicago was June 2019 for UFC 238. Henry Cejudo faced Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight title. That tells you how long ago it was in the MMA world. Both fighters have fallen from the top to give rise to the new era of fighters.