UFC 183 ägde under natten rum i Las Vegas, en gala där två fighters hade problem med att klara vikten inför sina respektive matcher. Nu tvingas både John Lineker och Kelvin Gastelum upp en viktklass, och detta hade Dana White att säga via ”MMAJunkie”:
This is definitely one of the weirdest weeks ever, these kinds of things are very rare. Lineker is going to have to move up, Gastelum’s a 185-pounder now.
Look at Lineker. There’s no way that he can’t make that weight. He should be able to make that weight at his size. Well, he’s not going to have the opportunity to make that weight again. And he just beat the No. 3 guy in the world, and he did it impressively.
Lineker hade följande att säga om det hela, via presskonferensen efter evenemanget:
First of all, I’d like to apologize to the UFC, Dana White, to all my fans, to UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby and Joe Silva. I have some difficulty with the weight cut. It’s something I haven’t figured out. But I’m going to go up to 135, and I’m going to make noise there, and I’m going to go for the title.
Detta var fjärde gången som John missade vikten i UFC, och härnäst ser vi honom fightas i organisationens bantamvikt.
