In a week, on UFC 169 in Newark, to the Russian fighter of the easiest weight category, Ali Bagautinov, it is necessary to carry out a duel with Brazilian John Lineker.
With a big share of probability, the winner of a match will acquire the right for fight with the champion, however the acting title holder of UFC in this weight category, Demetrius Johnson, considers that the organization had to get rid of the Brazilian having bad reputation long ago.
All the matter is that in three cases from five John Lineker failed procedure of official weighing in UFC, without having managed to keep within a limit of the weight category.
"He didn't manage to make weight three times, but still is in UFC, and I can do nothing with it", - Johnson reported during traditional communication with fans before weighing to the UFC on FOX 10 tournament. "If it depended on me, I would dismiss him, but, unfortunately, the solution of such questions not in my prerogative"
"As my trainers speak, the fighter is obliged to make two things – to keep within weight and to carry out fight. Over it I work all the time. When you sign the contract, there is accurately registered that you have to make 125 pounds. Not 128 or 130, namely 125"
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