Christopher Ewert lived a dream and a nightmare over only a few days’ time after signing for a brief discover combat at UFC 317 after which being reduce from the promotion earlier than he ever bought an opportunity to compete on account of lacking weight for his matchup towards Jackson McVay by 10 kilos.
It was introduced simply earlier than the official weigh-ins began that Ewert was unable to make the contracted weight and he was instantly launched. Ewert was initially scheduled to compete on The Contender Sequence in August earlier than he accepted the brief discover combat however his weight chopping catastrophe seemingly took that chance away from him as properly.
Fortunately, Ewert bought some excellent news within the aftermath of UFC 317.
The 31-year-old Chilean fighter remains to be going to get his likelihood to compete on The Contender Sequence along with his combat booked on Aug. 19 towards Yuri Panferov.
Sources confirmed the information to MMA Combating’s Mike Heck following an preliminary report from ESPN reporter Carlos Contreras Legaspi.
Now clearly competing on The Contender Sequence doesn’t assure that Ewert will get one other likelihood to make a primary impression within the UFC however he can a minimum of take solace that he’ll have the chance to proper the flawed from this previous weekend.
His coach Javier Torres beforehand knowledgeable MMA Combating that Ewert tried desperately to get right down to the middleweight restrict after signing to simply accept the combat on brief discover.
Regardless of their finest efforts, Ewert nonetheless got here up brief and consequently, the UFC launched him from his contract.
“We did attempt tremendous f*cking arduous,” Torres stated. “We reduce 22 kilos from Wednesday to Friday morning.”
The brand new season of Dana White’s Contender Sequence kicks off on Aug. 12 earlier than Ewert will get his alternative to impress UFC officers when he makes his debut on Aug. 19.
