BELEM, Brazil — Michel Prazeres missed weight for a third time in the UFC ahead of the company’s first trip to Belem on Saturday night, and will be forced to make a permanent move up to welterweight.
However, there was much confusion about his weight leading up to the fight.
Prazeres’s opponent Desmond Green agreed to fight him despite the fact that “Trator” came in six pounds over the lightweight limit on Friday. They worked out a deal with the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) in which the bout would go on so long as Prazeres didn’t show up at the arena heavier than 173 pounds, both CABMMA and Prazeres told MMA Fighting before the fight.