{"id":40182,"date":"2026-08-25T03:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-Fighter-gained-a-whopping-255-pounds-before-stepping-into-cage-202514"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:27:28","slug":"ufc-fighter-gained-a-whopping-25-5-pounds-before-stepping-into-cage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-fighter-gained-a-whopping-25-5-pounds-before-stepping-into-cage\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fighter gained a whopping 25.5 pounds before stepping into cage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ufc-fighter-gained-a-whopping-25-5-pounds-before-stepping-into-cage.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Some <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260\"><br \/>\nUFC Sacramento<\/a> fighters came in substantially heavier on fight<br \/>\nnight after rehydrating.<\/p>\n<p>The California State Athletic Commission has revealed the fight<br \/>\nnight weights of fighters at UFC Sacramento. One fighter gained<br \/>\nover 25 pounds after weighing in, while the heavyweights on the<br \/>\ncard weighed in heavier than their in-cage weight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Marcio Barbosa jumped from 145.5 to 171 pounds at UFC<br \/>\nSacramento<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marcio-Barbosa-245029\">Marcio<br \/>\nBarbosa<\/a> gained the most weight after successfully weighing in<br \/>\nat 145.5 pounds for his featherweight tilt against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ryan-Kuse-126039\">Ryan Kuse<\/a>.<br \/>\nBarbosa gained a whopping 25.5 pounds, weighing 171 pounds on fight<br \/>\nnight. Meanwhile, Kuse weighed 153.2 pounds, having gained only 8.7<br \/>\npounds after weighing in at 144.5 pounds. Barbosa made quick work<br \/>\nof Kuse with a first-round knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the card, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kennedy-Nzechukwu-212289\">Kennedy<br \/>\nNzechukwu<\/a> lost 2.4 pounds after weighing in at 244 pounds for<br \/>\nhis heavyweight clash against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Shamil-Gaziev-313721\">Shamil<br \/>\nGaziev<\/a>, who weighed 267.4 pounds on fight night after gaining<br \/>\n6.4 pounds. The Russian knocked Nzechukwu out in the first<br \/>\nround.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete list of the fight night weights of UFC Sacramento<br \/>\nfighters:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gregory-Rodrigues-176275\">Gregory<br \/>\nRodrigues<\/a>: 185 to 204.4 (19.4 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Anthony-Hernandez-86783\">Anthony<br \/>\nHernandez<\/a>: 186 to 202.2 (16.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Vitor-Petrino-255313\">Vitor<br \/>\nPetrino<\/a>: 246 to 252.2 (6.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Serghei-Spivac-179095\">Serghei<br \/>\nSpivak<\/a>: 257 to 254.6 (-2.4 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Roman-Dolidze-240323\">Roman<br \/>\nDolidze<\/a>: 206 to 226.2 (20.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Reinier-de-Ridder-133677\">Reinier<br \/>\nde Ridder<\/a>: 205 to 221.8 (16.8 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mason-Jones-256311\">Mason<br \/>\nJones<\/a>: 156 to 177.2 (21.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/MarQuel-Mederos-302655\">MarQuel<br \/>\nMederos<\/a>: 156 to 177.4 (21.4 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jeisla-Chaves-424297\">Jeisla<br \/>\nChaves<\/a>: 124.5 to 137.4 (12.9 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carli-Judice-381889\">Carli<br \/>\nJudice<\/a>: 125.5 to 136.6 (11.1 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Terrance-Chatman-432637\">Terrance<br \/>\nChatman<\/a>: 266 to 269.2 (3.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Anthony-Wint-383061\">Anthony<br \/>\nWint<\/a>: 231 to 232.8 (1.8 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Lerryan-Douglas-77125\">Lerryan<br \/>\nDouglas<\/a>: 145.5 to 162.8 (17.3 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jamall-Emmers-84139\">Jamall<br \/>\nEmmers<\/a>: 143.5 to 156.8 (13.3 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Shamil-Gaziev-313721\">Shamil<br \/>\nGaziev<\/a>: 261 to 267.4 (6.4 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kennedy-Nzechukwu-212289\">Kennedy<br \/>\nNzechukwu<\/a>: 244 to 241.6 (-2.4 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nasrat-Haqparast-122581\">Nasrat<br \/>\nHaqparast<\/a>: 155.5 to 173.4 (17.9 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Padilla-124527\">Chris<br \/>\nPadilla<\/a>: 156 to 170.2 (14.2 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ryan-Kuse-126039\">Ryan<br \/>\nKuse<\/a>: 144.5 to 153.2 (8.7 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marcio-Barbosa-245029\">Marcio<br \/>\nBarbosa<\/a>: 145.5 to 171 (25.5 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Stanley-Dorsainvil-371512\">Stanley<br \/>\nDorsainvil<\/a>: 155.5 to 179 (23.5 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gauge-Young-325407\">Gauge<br \/>\nYoung<\/a>: 155.5 to 180.2 (24.7 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jackson-McVey-349347\">Jackson<br \/>\nMcVey<\/a>: 185 to 207.8 (22.8 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Wesley-Schultz-338469\">Wesley<br \/>\nSchultz<\/a>: 186 to 209 (23 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Elise-Reed-278133\">Elise<br \/>\nReed<\/a>: 115 to 125 (10 pounds)<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Shanelle-Dyer-333733\">Shanelle<br \/>\nDyer<\/a>: 116 to 125 (9 pounds) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some UFC Sacramento fighters came in substantially heavier on fight night after rehydrating. The California State Athletic Commission has revealed the fight night weights of fighters at UFC Sacramento. One fighter gained over 25 pounds after weighing in, while the heavyweights on the card weighed in heavier than their in-cage weight. Advertisement Marcio Barbosa jumped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}