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UFC Vegas 39: Brown wants harsh penalties for weight misses: ‘Gotta start hitting these dudes for 50 percent’

Randy Brown wants harsher penalties for fighters who miss weight ahead of their fights.

The UFC welterweight meets Jared Gooden at UFC Vegas 39 on Saturday, but the co-headliner was in jeopardy of being canceled after the official weigh-ins on Friday. Brown hit the scales at 170.5 pounds and made weight. Gooden came in later and weighed 174 pounds, which is three pounds over the non-championship welterweight limit. The fight will proceed at a catchweight, with Gooden forfeiting 20 percent of his purse that will now go to Brown.

Brown responded to the situation on social media and was unhappy with his opponent for missing weight.