UFC London has lost a fight, after Luana Carolina botched her weight cut to the tune of eight pounds.
Hitting the scales on Friday morning local time, Carolina, expected to face Melissa Mullins on the card, came in at 144lbs. That would have been fine for a featherweight fight, not so much for a bantamweight scrap.
Commission officials then pulled the bout from the card, despite Mullins agreeing to still take the fight.
Mullins issued a statement shortly after the match-up was cancelled.
“Although I made weight and it was most definitely a harder cut than I expected!” Mullins exclaimed, writing on social media, “My opponent missed weight by 8lbs officially, and although we agreed to take the fight, the commission used by the UFC are not happy, have pulled the fight from the card!!”
“All my hard work wasted and the opportunity to fight on my home turf stolen from me! To preform on the very best platform taken in moments!!”
“Guys make some noise please and help me get back out fighting on a card asap!”
While Mullins will get a fight at some point, hopefully soon, Luana Carolina is now in limbo. 3-1 in her last four bouts, she’s coming off a loss to Michelle Montague. She missed weight in March 2025, forcing a fight with Montana de la Rosa to be cancelled, and on two other occasions in her UFC tenure came in heavy, although fights with Poliana Botelho and Julija Stoliarenko moved forward as planned.
