{"id":402300,"date":"2021-12-21T01:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=402300"},"modified":"2021-12-21T01:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:56:36","slug":"ufc-heavyweight-justin-tafa-details-what-went-wrong-in-historic-weight-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-heavyweight-justin-tafa-details-what-went-wrong-in-historic-weight-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa details what went wrong in historic weight miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fighter Justin Tafa has explained what went wrong when attempting his UFC Vegas 45 weight cut last week.<\/p>\n<p>Tafa, 28, was thrust into the UFC&#8217;s spotlight with just a 3-0 record to show for it back in 2019. Since then he&#8217;s gone 2-3 in the promotion, but last Saturday night, he broke a two-fight losing streak by knocking Harry Hunsucker out in an emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that didn&#8217;t really reveal the full story with Tafa becoming the first fighter in UFC history to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/mark-hunt-refutes-the-ufcs-claim-that-justin-tafa-was-the-first-ever-heavyweight-to-miss-weight-you-forget-brock-lesnar-didnt-make-weight\/\">miss the heavyweight limit<\/a> on the scale. He came in at 267 pounds, one pound over the 266 lbs maximum.<\/p>\n<p>In his post-fight press conference, Tafa spoke candidly about what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Tafa on struggles to get to fight night, historic weight miss | UFC Fight Night 199\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6xbsMTnqTm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor me, man, usually, if I get the same purses every time, then everything works out good,\u201d Tafa said. \u201cThis week I water-loaded like I usually did, but I lost no weight at all, and I knew by the time it hit Thursday, I was like, \u2018Damn, man.\u2019 Usually I\u2019m down four, five pounds. I knew it was gonna be a hard cut. I sauna\u2019d for like 11, 12 hours just to get it and by the time I hit that last pound, I was just like, \u2018No, I don\u2019t think I could fight if I continued.\u2019 But you know, the goal of mine was to make history, and that wasn\u2019t the way I wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He continued, \u201cI was done, bro. Everyone that was there, the PI could see how much work I put in there, and I was barely making it. It was unprofessional of me, and it will never happen again, and I apologize to all those that were involved, but Harry got that purse. A one-pound disadvantage at heavyweight isn\u2019t the same as a one-pound disadvantage at featherweight. We\u2019re heavyweights at the end of the day, and he still got that 30 percent, but he\u2019s going home with a sore head, and I\u2019m going home with my hands raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/12\/ufc-heavyweight-justin-tafa-explains-reason-historic-weigh-in-miss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of Justin Tafa as a future heavyweight contender? Let us know down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fighter Justin Tafa has explained what went wrong when attempting his UFC Vegas 45 weight cut last week. Tafa, 28, was thrust into the UFC&#8217;s spotlight with just a 3-0 record to show for it back in 2019. 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