A fight between “The Ultimate Fighter 8” winner Efrain Escudero and Islam Mamedov is off Thursday’s PFL 5 card after Escudero badly missed weight. Escudero (30-13) came in at 163.2 pounds, or 7.2 pounds over the 156-pound limit, for a non-title lightweight bout against Mamedov (15-1) on the event’s Facebook-streamed preliminary card, a PFL official today told MMAjunkie. The event’s weigh-ins took place at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, N.Y. Related PFL boss Carlos Silva recaps regular season ahead of PFL 5: 'I think the format's working' According to the official, Escudero was not allowed a second try at making weight. It’s the third time he’s missed weight as a professional and his second consecutive miss at the scale after a regular-season PFL bout with Jason High was contested at a 162-pound catchweight ; he won the bout with a controversial third-round submission , though he was denied any points and was fined 25 percent of his purse. Per the promotion’s regulations, Mamedov will be paid his show and win money and receive three points in addition to a spot in the post-season playoffs
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PFL 5 now eight-bout fight card after Efrain Escudero badly misses weight – MMA Junkie