UFC Vegas 12 has lost a fight on weigh-in day.
A women’s flyweight tilt between Priscila Cachoeira and Cortney Casey has been cancelled due to weight cutting problems for Cachoeira. Evy Rodrigues was first to report the news.
In an interview earlier in the week with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Cachoeira revealed that she had recently been battling both COVID-19 and dengue fever, which affected her ability to prepare for the contest.
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Cortney Casey is off of UFC Vegas 12 after Cachoeira had weigh-ins issues. First reported by @vevyrodrigues.
Not that surprising considering what Cachoeira told me Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/VZjlXtaQWw
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) October 30, 2020
Cruz then reported that the fight was moved up to 135 but Cachoeira slipped and fell in the bathtub, which is surely what led to calling off the matchup.
Update: Priscila Cachoeira was having a tough weight cut and had already agreed to moving the fight to 135, but slipped and fell while cutting weight, hitting the back of her head on the bathtub. Cachoeira is fine but still under observation at a local hospital in Las Vegas. https://t.co/uwR3NcM6JZ
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) October 30, 2020
Cachoeira (9-3) was looking to build on her KO win over Shana Dobson, which was her first UFC victory in four tries. Casey (9-8) is coming off a submission loss to Gillian Robertson, but she’ll be unable to make her return this weekend due to the last-minute cancellation.
It is not known whether Casey will be compensated. As of this writing she did not weigh-in, which is usually the standard for at least receiving partial payment.
UFC Vegas 12 is headlined by a middleweight bout between legendary former champion Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall. They both made weight earlier today so that bout is official for Saturday night on ESPN+.
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