"Basharat was originally scheduled to fight Said Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night 266 at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. However, Nurmagomedov pulled out due to visa issues and was replaced by Vazquez on two days' notice. While Basharat successfully made weight, Vazquez came in at 141 pounds, missing the non-title bantamweight limit by a whopping five pounds."
"And I was getting dizzy during the weight cut, I didn't even know how I was going to make weight. Then [Vasquez] comes in and misses by five pounds, that's why I was so pissed at him. And when he was celebrating after the fight, I told him 'Calm down, man, you missed weight, have some respect.'"
"Basharat dropped Vazquez early and came close to finishing the fight in the first round. However, Vazquez survived the onslaught and turned the tables by dropping Basharat in the second round. Basharat weathered the storm and controlled Vazquez for most of the third round to earn a hard-fought unanimous decision win."
Basharat was set to face Said Nurmagomedov but received Gianni Vazquez on two days' notice after a visa-related withdrawal. Basharat endured a difficult, illness-plagued weight cut yet made the bantamweight limit, while Vazquez weighed 141 pounds, five pounds over the non-title cap. In the fight, Basharat nearly finished Vazquez in round one, absorbed a decisive blow in round two that dropped him, and then controlled most of round three to secure a unanimous decision. Basharat expressed anger about the weight miss and admonished Vazquez for celebrating after failing to make weight.
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