Ailin Perez misses weight for UFC Paris

There is a big secret inside the sport of Mixed Martial Arts which is the practice of weight cutting, or temporarily dehydrating the body to make a competition weight, before completing a dehydration protocol that sometimes allows the athlete to increase their overall body weight by 10,15, even sometimes 20% by the time they fight.

While the UFC previously featured a women’s featherweight, the promotion does not currently hold any champion in the division since the retirement of Amanda Nunes.  Perez who is competing internationally in Paris had to endure a long flight, and the weight cut had to be completed with travel interruption.

Weighing in at 136.5 Perez missed the 1 pound allowance on the bantamweight division by 500 grams.  The bout is still set to proceed however now Perez will forfeit an additional 20% of her purse as penalty for the .5 pounds.

Le cutting d’Ailin Perez a du être HARDCORE 😳#UFCParis pic.twitter.com/c0MExKzU2n

— La Sueur (@LaSueur_off) September 27, 2024

A video posted of Ailin Perez on X showed she visibly struggled to get as close to the Bantamweight limits as possible. Cris Cyborg who fights Oct. 19th against Larissa Pacheco as the Co Main event of PFL Super Fight PPV actively fought for the creation of a women’s featherweight division in the UFC after two super fights at 140lbs.