Missed Weight/Fighters/Forfeited Purses

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So making weight is part of the job. Some fighters miss weight and end up forfeiting some of their purse.

Some examples below:

•Johny Hendricks: Missed weight 3 times
-Forfeited in total:60,000 (20,000 UFC 200, 20,000 UFC 207, and 20,000 UFC FN 112)

•Anthony Pettis: Missed weight 1 time
-Forfeited in total: 30,000 (UFC 206. Also was ineligible to win the belt)

•John Lineker: Missed weight 5 times
-Forfeited Total:14,300-?(UFC on Fox 3 ?, UFC 163 ?, UFC fight night 30 ?, UFC 183 6,300, UFC fight night 63 8,000)

And there are others like Gastelum and Johnson before moving up.

Pretty unprofessional. Maybe they don't care but that's a lot of money down the drain. Johnson made the right call by eventually fighting at 205. Hendricks and Linker are routine offenders. Hendricks has suffered the most out of those listed. He looked near death when he was making 170 and overall appears to be declining(And now missed 185). It's crazy! It's also sad.
 
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