A UFC 280 preliminary card bout was scratched from the fight card during the event’s official weigh-in on Friday in Abu Dhabi. The scheduled featherweight match between Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5-1) and Lucas Almeida (14-1) was nixed due to weight-cutting management issues by Tukhugov. The fight promotion made the announcement during the UFC 280 weigh-in show . It’s not the first time the Russian has had difficulty making weight. He missed the mark for his UFC 253 bout against Hakeem Dawodu in September 2020.
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UFC 280 loses bout during the official weigh-in – MMA Weekly