UFC Norfolk: Watch Dana White Blast Deiveson Figueiredo For Missing Weight For Title Fight

If you thought UFC President Dana White was going to give Deiveson Figueiredo a pass for missing weight for today’s title fight at UFC Norfolk, think again.

White blasts Deiveson Figueiredo

Figueiredo is booked to fight Joseph Benavidez today for the soon to be, vacant flyweight title. Henry Cejudo is relinquishing the belt to focus on his bantamweight belt. But, since Figueiredo came in at 127.5 pounds on Friday for the bout, he’s ineligible to win the flyweight crown.

Well, since then, the UFC shared out a video of White breaking down today’s card. In it, the UFC President had this to say about Figueiredo coming in heavy (quotes via MMA Mania):

“Let’s start with the main event, Joseph Benavidez vs Deiveson. For those of you who don’t know, Deiveson did not make weight,” said White. “Insane! Unprofessional! How do you show up for a title fight and not make weight?

“What does this mean? It means that if Benavidez wins the fight, he is the new champion. If Deiveson wins the fight, the championship goes vacant.”

Now, Figueiredo’s manager has since come out and said that a medical issue was behind the contender missing weight. But, that’s probably not going to shut down all the criticism being sent the fighter’s way.

UFC Norfolk line-up

Here is the complete line-up for UFC Norfolk (via MMA Mania).

UFC Fight Night 169 Main Card on ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET)

125 lbs.: Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo for vacant flyweight title
145 lbs.: Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba
145 lbs.: Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
145 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Darrick Minner
135 lbs.: Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva

UFC Fight Night 169 Prelims Card on ESPN+ (5 p.m. ET)

185 lbs.: Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
155 lbs.: Luis Pena vs. Steve Garcia
265 lbs.: Serghei Spivac vs. Marcin Tybura
145 lbs.: Jordan Griffin vs. T.J. Brown
145 lbs.: Spike Carlyle vs. Aalon Cruz
170 lbs.: Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev

*Fight card, bout order and the amount of matches subject to change.