Did Nick Gonzalez wake up yesterday morning and think “Yera, I’ll be grand. I’ll just drop 17 lbs throughout the afternoon.”?
The Bellator “lightweight” must have treated himself to a pizza, washed it down with a few craft beers and put a few rocks in his pocket before he took to the scales in Texas.
The lightweight limit is set at 156 lbs due to the 1 lb allowance allowed for non-title fights but Gonzalez came in at a staggering 172.75 lbs, meaning that he didn’t even make the welterweight limit.
.@RyanDCouture (155.5) vs Nick Gonzalez (172.75) pic.twitter.com/TXpyLBojjN
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) September 24, 2015
Opponent Ryan Couture, son of MMA royalty Randy Couture, weighed in on point at 155.5 lbs but the Bellator 143 bout was scrapped due to the shambolic showing from Gonzalez.
Couture will be still be paid his show purse.
But The Ghost may need to rethink his weight cutting methods as he fainted while trying to make weight the last time around too, in a bout against Warren Stewart last September.
This is the fourth consecutive Gonzalez fight that has been cancelled before coming to fruition which means he hasn’t actually fought in two years and that spell on the sidelines looks like continuing as there won’t be many promoters lining up to secure the signature of a fighter who seemingly can’t make weight.
