UFC star Khamzat Chimaev was suffering with issues of vomiting and fainting as he tried to lose weight for his fight against Nate Diaz.
Chimaev, 28, missed the welterweight limit by seven-and-a-half pounds.
He needed to be 171lbs with Diaz successfully weighing in at the correct amount but the Swedish fighter came in at 178.5lbs.
As a result, the fight was off and instead Diaz faced and defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 279.
Chimaev's coach Andreas Michael has explained why his fighter didn't make the weight cut explaining how a tough start to a training camp doomed him.
Michael told The MMA Hour: "We started this camp heavy.
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"That’s what the problem was as well. We got an offer to fight Nate Diaz and it was earlier than this in August. It was too soon because he was heavy.
"Then they moved it 10 days up, and I believe we just started too heavy this camp.
"We should have had a little more discipline and held our weight to a reasonable level, to a reasonable weight close to the one that he’s training at and going into camp."
"We can find a lot of reasons and excuses and all this. At the end of the day — I’m not slagging off Khamzat, he’s a magnificent fighter and I love him to death,
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"But what I’m saying is that it was absolutely unprofessional from our side not to make weight.
"Anyone who doesn’t make weight is unprofessional, absolutely. I want to [apologise] to Nate’s camp for that. We should have both made weight, and there are no excuses.”
The night before the weigh-ins Micheal expressed how the attempt weight loss had taken it's toll on 'Borz'.
He said: "He was getting muscle spasms, shaking and vomiting. When he stood up he was passing out. I was worried about him."
Failing to make the weight will not help Chimaev's reputation and he has been criticised by others such as Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov but a decision was made to protect his health.
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