While Kevin Lee’s difficult weight cut was the main story from the UFC 216 weigh-ins, there was one fighter who didn’t even attempt to go to the scale.
Lightweight veteran Nik Lentz was scheduled to fight on Saturday’s preliminary card against Will Brooks, but after Brooks made weight, Lentz’s “medical issues” caused the matchup to be cancelled. Lentz took to Twitter to explain what happened to his body, citing “diabetic like issues.”
In case the tweet doesn’t work for you, the full statement is as follows:
“I didn’t make it to weigh ins this morning because I was in the hospital.