Alex Oliveira missed weight by 5.5 pounds for his lightweight bout with Will Brooks at UFC Fight Night 96 in Portland, and he can’t gain more than 20 pounds before the fight.
Oliveira’s coach Otavio Duarte told MMA Fighting after the weigh-ins that "Cowboy" had a miserable night trying to cut weight for his seventh UFC bout. He believes that the long flight from Brazil was a big issue during his weight cut, especially because two other Brazilians, John Lineker and Hacran Dias, also missed weight Friday morning.