It took a lot for Sam Alvey to miss weight for the first time of his professional career.
The UFC middleweight, who meets newcomer Ramazan Emeev at UFC Fight Night 118 in Gdansk, Poland on Saturday afternoon, accepted the fight with 10 days of notice. Alvey was 227 pounds (41 pounds over the 186-pound limit) when he got the call and knew he had the toughest weight cut of his career ahead of him.
He made it to Gdansk at 210 pounds, and he started cutting water weight at 207 pounds. Alvey, who ultimately missed weight Friday by three pounds, said he did everything “humanly possible” to make weight.