Overview
- Battle weighed in at 190 pounds, four pounds over the non-title middleweight limit, marking his third significant miss across two divisions.
- The UFC initially eyed a catchweight arrangement with a 30% purse penalty before officially removing the bout from the UFC 319 card.
- Nursulton Ruziboev, who made weight at 186 pounds, will be paid his show purse after publicly criticizing Battle’s professionalism.
- Battle apologized on camera and attributed the miss to an illness late in fight week, and the fighters have tentatively agreed to run it back in October.
- The repeated undercard cancellations this week have intensified scrutiny on Battle’s weight management and raised questions about his future with the promotion.