2 UFC Fighters Fined After Missing Weight For First Event In 2025

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2 UFC Fighters Fined After Missing Weight For First Event In 2025
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UFC Vegas 101 is a go for Saturday, January 11 in Las Vegas at the Apex. Unfortunately, not every fighter on the card got the New Year off to a good start.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 08: UFC president Dana White speaks with media after the UFC 290 event atT-Mobile Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 101 is a go for Saturday, January 11, in Las Vegas at the Apex. While every fight is scheduled to take place, two fighters on the card will be fined a percentage of their purse for missing weight.

Night weigh-in at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino on January 10, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Johnson was fined 20 percent of his purse, and those funds will go to his opponent, Felipe Bunes. Their fight will be a catchweight bout as well. Johnson, who is the rare 6-footer attempting to compete at flyweight, missed weight for the first time in his UFC career. That said, Johnson is attempting to drop to 125 pounds after previously competing at bantamweight.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 15: Asu Almabayev of Kazakstan battles Jose Johnson in a flyweightfight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on June 15, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Like Johnson, Potieria earned his spot on the roster with a win on the Contender Series over Łukasz Sudolski in September 2021. That win came as a light heavyweight.

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