ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – MMAjunkie was on scene and reporting live from today’s early and official UFC Fight Night 128 fighter weigh-ins, where a main-event fighter came in heavy and two fights were lost. The original headliner between Kevin Lee (16-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) and Edson Barboza (19-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) will go on, despite the fact that “The Motown Phenom” tipped the scale one pound heavy at 157. Related Kevin Lee apologizes for missing weight for UFC Atlantic City main event Lost from the card was a women’s bantamweight bout between Aspen Ladd (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Leslie Smith (10-7-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC). Ladd was above the 136 limit, and Leslie opted not to fight on after a deal she liked couldn’t be worked out. Additionally, it was discovered during the weigh-ins that Magomed Bibulatov (14-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was ruled out of his flyweight fight against Ulka Sasaki (20-5-2 MMA, 3-4 UFC) due to an injury. The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans , which take place at 5 p.m.
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