“I made weight too early,” says Julija Stoliarenko as she explains the weigh-in horror show

“I made weight too early,” says Julija Stoliarenko as she explains the weigh-in horror show

Julija Stoliarenko experienced one of the most unpleasant weigh-ins in the competition’s history. On 19th March, the promotion held weigh-ins for the fighters on the card of UFC Vegas 22. The highlight of the event was when the Lithuanian fighter collapsed while making weight.

The former Invicta FC bantamweight champion reportedly collapsed once before making the weight and then collapsed again. This was a complete horror for the sport. As she stepped up on the scale for the first time, she started to shake and ended up falling to the curtain behind her. The fighter was given few minutes to recover before she collapsed again.

It was very unusual of the UFC officials to let the Lithuanian fighter go up to make weight. The fighter hit 135.5 pounds on the scale only for her to faint again. She was then taken away with the help of a stretcher.

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Stoliarenko later on Friday night took to Instagram to explain what went behind the feinting and disastrous weigh-in. The fighter confirmed that it was not her weight cut that caused this. “The problem was not my weight cut,” explained Stoliarenko.

Julija Stoliarenko removed from UFC Vegas 22’s card

Julija Stoliarenko

After her disaster, Julija was removed from the card due to health issues. The fighter explained via video what went wrong. “It was actually one of my easiest weight cuts in my career. Weight was dropping too fast. The main issue I think was that I made weight too early. Basically the weight ins start at 9 a.m. and I was already on weight at 5 a.m,” Julija explained.

“That was an issue why it all happened. I’m so upset because right now I’m feeling great. I feel ready for a fight. My body feels great. I’m still in good shape. I know that I can fight. It just happened that the athletic commission did not clear me for a fight because we are taking care of the fighters. That situation looked terrible.” Julia Avila was originally scheduled to fight Julija.

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