UFC 317 fighter cut from roster after missing weight by ten pounds for short-notice clash

An undefeated MMA prospect's promotional debut at UFC 317 was scrapped after the individual missed weight by ten pounds. As a result, the person was cut from the multi-billion dollar organization.

The fighter in question is Christopher Ewert, who was signed to replace Sedriques Dumas on short-notice to face Jackson McVey in a middleweight bout on the early preliminary card of UFC 317 this weekend. However, during the weigh-ins on Friday, Ewert was found ten pounds overweight, resulting in the fight getting called off.

According to the reports by MMA Fighting, the promotion are looking for a new opponent for McVey, who weighed at 185 pounds. But, unfortnately for Ewert, he was released from the company.

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Notably, the emerging Chilean was originally slated to face Yuri Panferov on Aug. 2 on Dana White's Contender Series. Instead, 'El Tanke' was asked to take the position of Dumas on short-notice, as 'The Reaper' is bound by a court-ordered GPS ankle monitor, barring the American from traveling 100 miles from his home. For context, Dumas was arrested earlier this year in Escambia county (Fla.) for home invasion and violence, among other counts.

As of now, the UFC 317 pay-per-view event consists of 11 fights, which will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The headliner features a vacant lightweight title matchup between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira. In the co-main event, reigning champion Alexandre Pantoja makes his fourth flyweight title defense against Kai Kara-France. The main card also features interesting matchups between Brandon Royval and Joshua Van, as well as Beneil Dariush and Renato Moicano.

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Islam Makhachev makes fun of the main event of UFC 317

Earlier this year after UFC 315, Islam Makhachev gave away his lightweight throne and moved up to welterweight to pursue a second belt, as he is expected to challenge reigning champion Jack Della Maddalena next.

As a result, Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira are now set to contest for the vacant 155-pound belt in the main event of UFC 317 this Saturday. Ahead of the highly anticipated title fight, Makhachev spoke to MMA journalist Mike Bohn and took a dig at Topuria and Oliveira.

The Dagestani fighter hilarioulsy urged everyone to promote the main event, saying:

''Brother I just feel bad man, nobody speak about International Fight Week. Nobody speak about main event. What is this, man? Please, let’s promote a little bit.”

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Edited by Swagat Kumar Jena