Lee initially weighed in at 156 pounds for his vacant interim lightweight title fight against Tony Ferguson, which is one pound over the limit for a championship affair. Typically, that would have immediately changed the dynamic of Saturday night’s main event.
However, Lee was granted an additional hour to make the 155 pound max.
Lee managed to cut the excess weight and clocked 154.5 pounds on the scale with just minutes remaining in the early (official) weigh-ins.
You can stream the ceremonial weigh-ins below starting live at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
ESPN.com’s Brett Okomoto asked Nevada Athletic Commission director Bob Bennett, who was overseeing Friday’s weigh-ins, why Lee was afforded the extra time to make weight when other fighters weren’t in the past.