{"id":265824,"date":"2017-12-15T10:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265824"},"modified":"2017-12-15T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:45:27","slug":"ufc-winnipeg-loses-fight-multiple-fighters-miss-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-winnipeg-loses-fight-multiple-fighters-miss-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Winnipeg Loses a Fight and Multiple Fighters Miss Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a fight card without some sort of weigh-in drama. UFC Winnipeg is just a day away but not everyone is going to be making it to the event. Don&#8217;t worry, Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos both made their weight, so the main event is still intact. However, both Tim Elliot&#8217;s opponent Pietro Menga and Ricardo Lamas&#8217; opponent Josh<span>\u00a0Emmett didn&#8217;t make their weight. Menga could not weigh-in due to his cut already being at an unhealthy level, while Emmett<\/span>\u00a0just came in heavy. The fight with Lamas is still on at catchweight, but Menga will not fight Tim Elliott at Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking news per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allelbows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@allelbows<\/a>: Pietro Menga will not be weighing in and his fight with Tim Elliott at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCWinnipeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCWinnipeg<\/a> is off.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott will receive his show money<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/941702047119958016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"S1DWp6\">\u201cI got to 131-pounds and the doctors wouldn\u2019t let me continue cutting weight due to health risks. [Tim Elliott] was offered the fight still with weight difference and declined. [I am] devastated. I wanted to get back in the bath to try and cut more. Going to hospital for checks.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/12\/15\/16780928\/tim-elliott-vs-pietro-menga-fight-at-ufc-winnipeg-canceled-after-menga-fails-to-weigh-in\">Pietro Menga speaking to MMA Fighting\u2019s Guilherme Cruz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth mentioning, that both fighters who couldn&#8217;t make weight were also late replacements. Other than those two hiccups, all of the fights on the card are going to go off without a hitch. As of right now, Tim Elliott of off the card and the no word of the UFC or his team seeking a replacement. It will be a big card for the welterweight division, as Lawler and dos Anjos fight for a number one contender position, while Mike Perry is battling Santiago Ponzinibbio to take his spot in the middle of the rankings. Check out the entire line-up for the card down below.<\/p>\n<p id=\"vzcmuU\"><strong>MAIN CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"rR1RhJ\">Robbie Lawler (170.5) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (170)<\/p>\n<p id=\"iLYdSt\">Ricardo Lamas (146) vs. Josh Emmett (148.5)<\/p>\n<p id=\"oX5gcG\">Santiago Ponzinibbio (170.5) vs. Mike Perry (170)<\/p>\n<p id=\"fhtGIM\">Glover Teixeira (205) vs. Misha Cirkunov (205.5)<\/p>\n<p id=\"ooaHvg\"><strong>UNDERCARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"qXwNEp\">Jan Blachowicz (205.5) vs. Jared Cannonier (204)<\/p>\n<p id=\"j1ZFCi\">Darren Stewart (185.5) vs. Julian Marquez (185)<\/p>\n<p id=\"NXgDez\">Chad Laprise (170.5) vs. Galore Bofando (170)<\/p>\n<p id=\"ilM9YT\">Pietro Menga (failed to weigh-in) vs. Tim Elliott (125.5)<\/p>\n<p id=\"i3BJMY\">John Makdessi (153) vs. Abel Trujillo (155.5)<\/p>\n<p id=\"RkMzYa\">Alessio Di Chirico (185) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (184.5)<\/p>\n<p id=\"KOCvdk\"><strong>FIGHT PASS PRELIMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"IUZCNr\">Erick Silva (170.5) vs. Jordan Mein (169)<\/p>\n<p id=\"5hSRnz\">Nordine Taleb (170.5) vs. Danny Roberts (170.5)<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/15\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a fight card without some sort of weigh-in drama. UFC Winnipeg is just a day away but not everyone is going to be making it to the event. Don&#8217;t worry, Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos both made their weight, so the main event is still intact. 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