At Friday’s weigh-ins for UFC 216, would-be lightweight interim title challenger Kevin Lee hit the scales at 156 pounds, one pound over the limit for his championship bout opposite Tony Ferguson on Saturday.
“The Motown Phenom” was the last fighter to weigh in, arriving at the very last second of the two-hour window and calling for a towel to cover him up as he stripped down to get on the scale. He looked confident that he had made championship weight, but it was announced that he had failed to make 155 on the dot.