UFC Fight Night Atlantic City Weigh-In Results, Kevin Lee Misses Weight & 2 Fights Pulled From The Card

The UFC Fight Night Atlantic City weigh-ins are in the books and there were some mishaps the day before the big event. Two fighters, Kevin Lee and Aspen Ladd, missed weight for their respective fights, as Lee missed by 1 pound and Ladd missed by 1.8 pounds.

Lee would issue the following statement through both Instagram and Twitter:

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For the first time ever in my athletic career since high school I’ve missed weight this morning. I just ran outta time. I apologize @Ufc @danawhite @edsonbarbozajr tomorrow Imma go put on a show #ufcatlanticcity #25tolife

A post shared by Kevin Lee (@motownphenom) on Apr 20, 2018 at 8:20am PDT

 

30+ fights and over 400 wrestling matches in my career, for first time ever I miss weight. Ran outta time but imma still put on a show fr

— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) April 20, 2018

Outside of the two competitors missing weight, one fight was canceled as Magomed Bibulatov was pulled from a fight against Ulka Saska after the state athletic commission deemed him medically unfit to fight due to an alleged back injury.

Sasaki did issue a statement on the matter through Instagram:

 

 

‪今回の試合ですが、相手選手のメディカルの問題があり試合中止となりました。‬ ‪この試合を楽しみにしていてくれた全ての方々に申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいです。‬ ‪しっかりと気持ちを切り替えて、次戦に向けて動きます。‬ ‪今後とも、応援程宜しくお願い致します！‬ My tomorrow’s fight got cancelled because my opponent was declared as “medically unfit” to fight by the athletic commission. I feel bad for the fans that are looking forward to see my fight. I am going to switch my mode and will concentrate on my next fight. So please keep on supporting me! #UFC #nyc #flyweight #april #21

A post shared by 佐々木憂流迦.ULKA SASAKI (@sasakiulka) on Apr 20, 2018 at 6:09am PDT

A second fight has now been pulled from the card as Leslie Smith has refused to fight Aspen Ladd after Ladd missed weight by 1.8 pounds.

Ladd issued the following statement on Twitter about the situation:

 

I apologize to my opponent @ufc @UFCFightPass @Mickmaynard2 @danawhite my team, my fam and all the fans. I was 1.8 lbs over, I was told she would not take the fight. We offered an additional $5,000 along with the 20% purse deduction, no go on her end, I tried to make it right.

— Aspen Ladd (@AspenLaddMMA) April 20, 2018

Here are the full UFC Fight Night Atlantic City weigh-in results:

Main Card (10pm EST., Fox Sports 1)

Edson Barboza (155.6) vs. Kevin Lee (157) *1

Frankie Edgar (145.6) vs. Cub Swanson (145)

Chase Sherman (247) vs. Justin Willis (265.4)

David Branch (186) vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos (185.8)

Brett Johns (135.8) vs. Aljamain Sterling (135.2)

Dan Hooker (155.6) vs. Jim Miller (155.4)

Preliminary Card (8pm EST., Fox Sports 1) *2

Alex Garcia (171) vs. Ryan LaFlare (170.6)

Siyar Bahadurzada (171) vs. Luan Chagas (170)

Corey Anderson (205) vs. Patrick Cummins (205.6)

Preliminary Card (7pm EST., UFC Fight Pass)

Aspen Ladd (137.8)*3 vs. Leslie Smith (135.4)

Merab Dvalishvili (135.2) vs. Ricky Simon (135.8)

Tony Martin (170.6) vs. Keita Nakamura (170.6)

Notes

*1: Missed weight by 1 pound

*2: One fight from the UFC Fight Pass portion of the preliminary card is going to be moved to the FS1 version after the cancellation of the Sasaki/Bibulatov bout

*3: Missed weight by 1.8 pounds