Bryan Battle lost a fight with the scale ahead of UFC 319, leading to his fight with Nursulton Ruziboev being cancelled.

Bryan Battle, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 29 alongside Ricky Turcios, had a promising career in the UFC ahead of him. While he may not have been in any

Despite moving back to middleweight after coming in four pounds over in his last welterweight bout, Battle is once again in the same position as he was at UFC 310. This time, the 13-2 fighter is four pounds over the middleweight limit, coming in at 190 pounds.

When speaking to Nursulton Ruziboev after their fight was cancelled, Bryan Battle’s comments during fight week were brought up. Battle had told Spinnin Backfist that he blamed his opponent for their now cancelled bout being scheduled to take place on the prelims.

The UFC 319 middleweight bout between Bryan Battle and Nursulton Ruziboev was canceled Friday after Battle missed weight, the promotion announced.Battle weighed in four pounds over the divisional limit,

This is the third fight in the last 26 hours that UFC 319 has lost. The scheduled prelim headliner between King Green and Carlos Diego Ferreira was canceled after Green withdrew due to injury. Then, the welterweight TUF Finale fight between Rodrigo Sezinando and Daniil Donchenko was pushed back to Noche UFC 3 due to injury to Sezinando.

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