Overview

• Battle weighed in at 186 pounds on Thursday for Dirty Boxing 3 in Miami, meeting the middleweight limit days after his UFC exit.
• He faces Derik de Freitas on Friday, with both fighters successfully making weight for the bout at The Hangar at Regatta Harbour.
• The UFC released Battle following back-to-back misses, including 190 pounds at UFC 319 that canceled his fight with Nursulton Ruziboev.
• He previously failed to make welterweight for a December bout with Randy Brown, then moved to middleweight before the latest miss.
• Battle has publicly accepted responsibility for the misses while dismissing hostile online reactions, as DBX 3 also showcases ex-UFC names such as Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the main event.