Media Vicente Luque missed weight as a backup fighter

[Habib The Eagle]

 

[KazDibiase]

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

good luck in Bellator, Vince

 

[ryun253]

Does he get paid to make weight or something even if he doesn't get the chance to fight?

 

[mirellale]

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

Vincente Luque (#4 WW) was contracted to serve as the backup fighter for UFC 268 in the event either Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington were unable to compete.

Not only did Vincente fail to make championship weight (170) but he was unable on his second try to even make the WW limit; weighing in at 172.2

Not a good look for a fighter eyeing the next WW title shot. He was effectively being paid for the sole purpose of making weight in the event Usman or Covington were unable to compete.

 

[svmr_db]

Worst performance by a backup fighter of all time?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

It's tough to cut weight in such short notice I guess. It's not a surprise.

 

[Rorschachxx]

Moicano missed weight too as a backup for Ortega vs Holloway. I believe he still got paid.

 

[Luthien]

Oh that is bad

 

[Fatback96]

You had one job. Make weight.
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[Alexander_GOATanovski]

He came here, didn't make weight and gonna home. No thank you Vicente Luque

 

[Mercenary Captain]

Shitshow

MMA fighter weighing in as a WW and then refueling to LHW is the biggest fraud and disgrace in professional sports

 

[richardjohnson]

I wonder if they didn’t give him much notice that he would be a backup? Guy has had like 16 fights at WW in the UFC and weight has never been an issue as far as I can remember

 

[ryun253]

Vincente Luque (#4 WW) was contracted to serve as the backup fighter for UFC 268 in the event either Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington were unable to compete.

Not only did Vincente fail to make championship weight (170) but he was unable on his second try to even make the WW limit; weighing in at 172.2

Not a good look for a fighter eyeing the next WW title shot. He was effectively being paid for the sole purpose of making weight in the event Usman or Covington were unable to compete.

Ohh got this. Rip Luque, back of the line buddy.

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

This is far more irresponsible than the supposed sins everyone was blaming Paulo Costa for.

Don't accept the backup fighter opportunity if you aren't on weight and if you aren't going to be able to make the weight give the UFC notice. He wasn't even able to weigh in at the WW limit let alone make championship weight.

He has never missed weight before so it is unlikely this will be an issue going forward but still extremely irresponsible.

Both Colby and Kamaru showed up to NYC not looking 100%. Kamaru has been walking around and looking as though he may have been limping. He definitely was walking very slowly on and off the scale today so who knows. Colby showed up with a rash on the intermammary cleft that some reporters thought looked like staph.

Not a good look Vicente.

 

[dagfin]

I can understand the lack of motivation, I mean what are the chances he's even gonna have to fight..?

 

[TheHitMan]

You had one job.
<Oku02>

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[Kryptt]

Not a good look - Short notice or not.

But meh - Flukes aside I was pretty sure there would be no issues with Colby or Usman. Both are workhorses...

 

[richardjohnson]

Hopefully no one holds this against the dude. He’s never failed to make weight for one of his actual UFC fights, I tend to think he deserves the benefit of the doubt in this case