Dennis Siver misses weight in Sweden; Comes in at a perfect 145 lbs on second try
Posted on April 13, 2012, 11:44 AM by Mike DrahotaToday Dennis Siver stepped onto the scales for his Featherweight debut against Diego Nunes at UFC on Fuel TV 2, and the results were not what he hoped. Coming in at 147 lbs., he was one pound over the class limit of 146 lbs. After fighting his entire UFC career as a member of the Lightweight class, it appears that the weight cut for Siver was more than he had anticipated, as he appeared a bit dehydrated. He was given two hours to lose the last pound and weigh in again.
Siver was the only fighter to miss weight as all other combatants were within limit. Since there is no title on the line here, the ramifications of him missing weight should not be too harsh save for the fact that his body is most likely depleted. This could have a great effect on his performance against Diego Nunes, a highly touted boxer with only two losses to his name.
Barring any unforeseen complications, Siver should be allowed to fight as planned. It will remain to be seen if he can fight as well at Featherweight than at his usual 155 lbs. UFC on Fuel TV 2 from Sweden will debut tomorrow at 3 pm EST, so be sure to stay tuned to Lowkick.com for any developing news and updates.
*UPDATE* Dennis Siver has returned to the scale after his allowed two hours to lose one pound, and has come in official. Registering at 145 lbs., Siver's bout with Diego Nunes will go on as originally planned.
Further Reading: UFC on Fuel TV 2 Gustafsson vs. Silva Weigh-In Video and Results
Comments
Update: Denis made 145lb on his 2nd weigh in.
"the ramifications of him missing weight should not be too harsh"
i didn't think there were any ramifications if he went in the sauna for 10 minutes and came back out on weight?
surely he doesn't forfeit any of his purse for it?
He missed weight, and then he didnt deserves an article for it?
so he droped 2 lb of crap...
It's good to see he was professional and made his weight in time but it's quite worrying from a performance aspect that he missed it on the first try. He may have just miscalculated what he was going to weigh at that time but most likely he struggled getting that far down first time cutting the weight.
I'll probably change my pick to a late stoppage by Nunes.
It could have simply been that the scale he has been using is 1 or 2 lbs off. That's not too hard to imagine, and considering he dropped 2 lbs instead of just the 1 that was necessary, I would imagine he is not as depleted as some people assume. That said, I am only speculating, and he could be completely drained, but my vote will still be for Siver to pull out the win.
Yea good point I remember they thought that happened a while agow hen Nick Pace came in like 7lbs over and most of the fighters missed weight.
Siver is mini brock lesner.