LAS VEGAS – Some bad news for Michael Chiesa but some good news for fight fans and UFC 226 pay-per-view buyers. Despite missing weight at today’s UFC 226 weigh-ins – and then announcing a planned move up to welterweight – Chiesa (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will still fight former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (20-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC). A UFC official today told MMAjunkie that Chiesa will be fined 30 percent of his purse, but the fight will go on
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Michael Chiesa fined, but UFC 226 bout with Anthony Pettis is a go – MMA Junkie