This fight has been cancelled after Hallman notified officials he would be over the allotted 156lbs weight limit by seven pounds. Tavares still agreed to the bout on the condition Hallman could weigh-in no heavier than three pounds. Hallman decided he could not and the fight was cancelled. Tavares will receive the show portion of his fight purse.
(*DISCLAIMER: This piece is an opinion piece based on my experience with many comments I have either read OR heard directly. This piece is about what I BELIEVE to be hypocrisy, not a perfectly...
The culmination to a bad year for former UFC welterweight Dennis Hallman turned out to be a house fire on Thanksgiving morning.
The UFC does it's worst number yet on Fuel TV for live fights, with the UFC on FX 5 prelims drawing just 44,000 viewers.
Date: October 6, 2012
Dennis Hallman | Thiago Tavares | |
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48 | age | 39 |
5'9" | height | 5'7" |
170 | weight | 155 |