Kevin Lee Misses Weight; Main Event vs. Barboza Still On

[Woliwo]

Man it feels like that has been many fighters that miss weight lately.
Nice to see Barboza still taking the fight.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

You are the one missing context, my dear. It is only one pound; It is negligible.

I'm not your dear, guy.

20% of one's purse is not negligible. Potentially undercutting his own victory if he wins is not negligible. Missing weight matters.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

"1 pound isn't that big of a deal"
Lol doesn't matter

I bet your employer loves it if you come late to work

"it's only a couple of minutes, not like it was half an hour"

 

[MMonk]

Go to fight Welters Kevin, you f*cking coward.

Same with Khabib, who fucked up worse.

We need 165 and 175.

 

[DS66]

Had Lee won this fight at weight, he'd be right in the thick of title contention. That's a big part of why everyone is so frustrated by this.

And if he wins this fight convincingly even after missing weight, he'll still be in the thick of title contention. Nothing will change.

 

[Organic Damage]

I like Kevin but this is just embarrassing and will take away a lot from his win from tomorrow.

Even if he runs through Barboza (probably not how it will go) there will be the asterisk of, "oh he didn't deplete himself to make weight and came in bigger than allowed".

Oh well, at least the fight is going ahead.

 

[The ScorpioN]

I'm glad for Khabib's sake, now Lee would have to win at least a couple more fights to get to the title.

Khabib will keep the streak going for a little longer.

 

[Mafanofe]

Lost the chance of getting a title shot if he had a finish over Barboza....

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

I'm not your dear, guy.

20% of one's purse is not negligible. Potentially undercutting his own victory if he wins is not negligible. Missing weight matters.

It won't undercut his victory except in the minds of fools, one or two pounds is negligible like I said. And since we don't know by how much these guys rehydrate after the weigh-ins, there's no guarantee he'd still be the bigger man even now come tomorrow night.

 

[Ruthless_swag]

Hahahaha what a prick.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

It won't undercut his victory except in the minds of fools, one or two pounds is negligible like I said. And since we don't know by how much these guys rehydrate after the weigh-ins, there's no guarantee he'd still be the bigger man even now come tomorrow night.

Oh, well since you said it, and since I'd be a fool to disagree, I find myself persuaded. Lol.

 

[RayA]

Instead of adding a women's flyweight, they should have split 170 into 165 and 175. Kevin would be better suited at 165.

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

HA!!!!!! what a fuck up.

 

[brian]

As i told yall, Kevin Lee biggest fight is with his weight, dude way too big for 155, sadly he's too small for 170, they need a 165lb division.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Oh, well since you said it, and since I'd be a fool to disagree, I find myself persuaded. Lol.

Now you're getting it.

 

[ScoopSubMMA]

I’m all about pulling out....heeeyyoh!

Timing is everything

 

[theheater]

I think given his age and progression, that Kevin is champ in 3 fights or less

That said, if he can't make the weight, that's not possible. Kevin just said on Helwani's show that he doesn't believe in the weight cut specialists and he does it himself. Apparently he needs to rethink that or maybe he's just too big

 

[tenniswhiz]

How can someone make 157 but not 156?

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

That's twice now. At least Khabib had the injury excuse. If you can't keep making the weight at 25 then you need to move up.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]