Even with his opponent missing weight and making a show of it, Tim Means stayed focused.
“The Dirty Bird” made the most of a short-notice opportunity this past Saturday, stepping in as a replacement for Robbie Lawler to fight Mike Perry and earning a unanimous decision victory at UFC 255 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The bout barely stayed on schedule as Perry came in heavy for the welterweight encounter, tipping the scales at 175.5 pounds on Friday morning. A miss of five pounds (Perry was 4.5 pounds over) or more would have led to the commission automatically stepping in to shut down the bout; instead, it proceeded at a catchweight with Perry forfeiting 30 percent of his purse to Means.