Justin Scoggins said the UFC offered him a short-notice fight at UFC Denver earlier this month, which he accepted right away. But before he knew it, he was no longer on the UFC flyweight roster.
After Mark Espinosa fell off the card, Scoggins accepted a fight against Mark De La Rosa on Nov. 10 at Pepsi Center. On a three-fight skid, Scoggins wasted no time in saying yes; he hoped he’d be able to renegotiate a contract as a bantamweight with a win. But the next call he got was from his manager, telling Scoggins the division is being scrapped and that he won’t be asked to move up to 135 pounds.