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The Moment Gabi Garcia Weighs-In 28 Pounds Overweight For Fight Against 53-Year-Old

The Moment Gabi Garcia Weighs-In 28 Pounds Overweight For Fight Against 53-Year-Old

Utterly bizarre scenes.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

Prepare yourself because you're about to witness a truly bizarre story unfold. No, seriously this is one of the strangest things you'll read for years.

To begin with, this bout stood out as a really bizarre match up.

Garcia, the number-one ranked female heavyweight fighter in the world, was coming up against a 53-year-old fighter who had not fought in 17 years.

If that wasn't enough, the following series of events will blow your mind.

The pair were scheduled to fight at the RIZIN event on December 29th but in a truly dramatic turn of events, the match was cancelled.

Why? because Garcia somehow weighed-in 28 pounds over the 209-pound limit.

As you can imagine, Kandori freaked out and started yelling "this is a disgrace" while Garcia looked on. The 53-year-old stormed out and a scrap between the pair broke out off stage.

Later on, Garcia started crying in front of the Japanese crowd and apologised for her mistake.

"I'm talking fast, I just say sorry about this," Garcia said. "It's first time this happened in my life, but (I had problems) three weeks before the fight and I think I recover and my first training here, my nose is with blood and my blood pressure, I know (I had problems cutting weight).

"I respect her, I respect my opponent, she's a legend here... I need to say sorry for all my fans in Japan, I love you guys and sorry (Nobuyuki) Sakakibara-san, Takada, sorry (Kandori) and I challenge you for next year.

"I hope you accept fight with me next year, I'm so sorry Japan, I love you guys and I'm back more strong than ever."

No words.

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Topics: MMA