After a streak of bad performances in 2014-15, C.B. Dollaway seemed poised to reinvent himself. The 6’2” career middleweight packed on some extra muscle with the hopes of making a run in the increasingly shallow light heavyweight division. His debut was to take place on September 10th, 2016, against Francimar Barroso at UFC 203.
Only, things didn’t work out that way.
On the day of the event, Dolloway and several other UFC fighters got stuck in an elevator at a Wyndham Hotel in Cleveland, OH. Witnesses at the time report that the lift plunged three floors before finally coming to a stop.