Tim Elliott trained for weeks, dieted down and flew from Missouri to Winnipeg, Manitoba with the full intention of fighting at UFC on FOX 26 on Saturday. That didn’t happen and through no fault of his own.
Elliott went through a weight cut — and they are not easy for him — and hit the mark at 125.5 pounds Friday. His opponent Pietro Menga never weighed in, though, and the fight was canceled.
Elliott apparently could have accepted the fight against a much heavier Menga and accepted 20 percent of his opponent’s purse, but rightly turned it down.