UFC 206 does not need any more disasters like this.
No Georges-St Pierre, no Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson and no now outright fight for the UFC interim featherweight belt.
Anthony Pettis tipped the scales
three pounds too heavy for the featherweight limit [145lbs] in Toronto this morning and he has lost his shot at a belt many questioned should be up for grabs in the first place.
Max Holloway, Pettis' opponent in the UFC 206 main event,
can still claim the interim strap but the weigh-in mess does not help a division reeling from the departure of former champion [but don't tell him that] Conor McGregor.
As the dust settled, Holloway took to social media to offer his opinion on former lightweight [155lbs] champion Pettis missing weight.
https://twitter.com/BlessedMMA/status/807279937753403392
There it was again - that old 'It is what it is' catchphrase.
https://twitter.com/BlessedMMA/status/807280729038192640
Holloway also sent out a tweet suggesting that Pettis fans are more than welcome to stand behind his banner as he aims for UFC gold.
Pettis has yet to surface online since missing weight but that has not stopped John Kavanagh and others in the MMA world from piling on.
https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/807262087256870913
https://twitter.com/MikeBohnMMA/status/807245359718211584
Dana White told
TSN SportsCentre:
"Believe me when I tell you, Anthony Pettis wanted to make weight. He's been working for months for this day. He came in, when he landed here in Toronto, he was 10 pounds (over), so he should've made the weight.
"What that tells you is he's too old and he's too big to make that weight, is my opinion. So we'll see where we go from here."
Fight fans were not impressed, one tiny bit.
https://twitter.com/TheLiamBenson/status/807262477000015873
https://twitter.com/aaron_dunlop4/status/807254177420374016
https://twitter.com/MMAontheRocks/status/807266581113868292
Diarmuid Connolly makes his long overdue GAA Hour debut and talks to Colm Parkinson about everything from the black card to his rivalry with Lee Keegan and how he honed the ability to kick accurately with either foot.
