For Kevin Syler, his UFC audition was essentially over before it begun.
Make weight. That’s the rite of passage every fighter has to go through before competing, and when it comes to the highest levels of MMA the pressure to do so is even higher. On July 15, Syler looked to be one step away from his dream of fighting for a UFC contract.
As it turned out, he was six-and-a-half pounds away.
152.5. That’s how much Syler weighed in at for his featherweight bout with Lance Lawrence on the week four of the current Contender Series season.