The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC 267

Hu Yaozong, UFC 264
Hu Yaozong, UFC 264 official weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press

Yaozong “Totoro” Hu (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC)

Middleweight (185lbs): 0-0 MMA

Light Heavyweight (205lbs): 0-1

Heavyweight (265lbs): 0-1 (UFC), 3-0 MMA

Yaozong Hu is 6’3″ tall, has a 72″ reach, and at 26 years old has not competed since November of 2018. This fight was at 205lbs against Rashad Coulter.

Since Hu’s pro-MMA debut in 2016, he has slowly trimmed down in weight. Making his debut in 2017 against Cyril Asker, Hu weighed 232lbs.

Almost three years later, for UFC 267, Yaozong will be making his career debut at 185lbs against the 6-1 Andre Petroski.