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lew polley cut from wsof beacuse of being 32 pounds overweight for his fight
Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:59 pm
World Series of Fighting matchmaker Ali Abdel-Aziz says the former Ultimate Fighter competitor is gone from the company after what he termed a weight cut that was "disrespectful" to his scheduled opponent, Hans Stringer.
"He told me he was cutting from 289 [at the beginning of camp]," Aziz said Saturday. "I don't know what his motive was to be 289 six weeks out. But he cost us a lot of money and his opponent was coming in from Holland and I think it's disrespectful to his opponent to go into it like that."
According to Abdel-Aziz, Polley was 20 pounds over on Thursday, then showed up to the weigh-ins Friday even heavier.
"His manager said let's do a catchweight 220," Abdel-Aziz said. "The other camp was willing to go to 215. But he weighed [Thursday] at 225. The weigh-in day he comes in at 234. He gained weight. I'm going to cut him. I'm the last guy who should cut somebody, but if you're going to be that disrespectful to your opponent, yeah, I'm going to cut you."
Abdel-Aziz indicated that Stringer received his show money for the fight and would be booked on WSOF's planned October card.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/11/4610640/wsof-notes-lew-polley-cut-gerald-harris-on-point-deductions-brett
"He told me he was cutting from 289 [at the beginning of camp]," Aziz said Saturday. "I don't know what his motive was to be 289 six weeks out. But he cost us a lot of money and his opponent was coming in from Holland and I think it's disrespectful to his opponent to go into it like that."
According to Abdel-Aziz, Polley was 20 pounds over on Thursday, then showed up to the weigh-ins Friday even heavier.
"His manager said let's do a catchweight 220," Abdel-Aziz said. "The other camp was willing to go to 215. But he weighed [Thursday] at 225. The weigh-in day he comes in at 234. He gained weight. I'm going to cut him. I'm the last guy who should cut somebody, but if you're going to be that disrespectful to your opponent, yeah, I'm going to cut you."
Abdel-Aziz indicated that Stringer received his show money for the fight and would be booked on WSOF's planned October card.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/11/4610640/wsof-notes-lew-polley-cut-gerald-harris-on-point-deductions-brett
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Re: lew polley cut from wsof beacuse of being 32 pounds overweight for his fight
Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:03 pm
Stringer will probably be fighting Rumble, then.
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Re: lew polley cut from wsof beacuse of being 32 pounds overweight for his fight
Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:23 pm
no....they train togetherwekka wrote:Stringer will probably be fighting Rumble, then.
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Re: lew polley cut from wsof beacuse of being 32 pounds overweight for his fight
Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:23 pm
You can’t place all the blame on Polley. He learned Beer Gut MMA from the master. Photo via MMAInterviews.
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