The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC 268

Ode Osbourne, UFC 246
Ode Osbourne, UFC 246 Ceremonial Weigh-In Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press

Ode  “The Jamaican Sensation” Osbourne (9-4, 1 NC MMA, 1-2 UFC)

Flyweight (125lbs): 0-1 (UFC)

Bantamweight (135lbs): 0-1 (UFC), 1-0 (DWCS), 5-2 (MMA)

Featherweight (145lbs): 1-0 (UFC), 2-0, 1 NC (MMA)

Despite four members of the lower part of the prelims for UFC 268 having either fought in a different weight class or having missed weight previously (C.J. Vergara, Bruno Souza and Melski Baghdasaryan, all with a possibility of missing weight for UFC 268), Ode will be the one actually making this edition of WCC.

Osbourne stands a 5’7″ tall, has a 72″ reach and is 29 years old.

Ode has fought the majority of his fights in the bantamweight division and objectively speaking, that is where he has had the most success. Ode’s only professional title shot, though unsuccessful, came at 135lbs under the United Combat League (UCL) promotional banner.

Osbourne’s first three fights in the UFC have all been at different weight classes. For UFC 268 he will be returning to the weight class that he most recently competed in, but also the one that he has the least amount of fights in, 125lbs.