After losing weight on his first try, Omar Sy was able to shed the 1.5 pounds he needed to make his official debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on his second try.
Sy initially weighed in at 207 pounds for his light heavyweight bout against George Toccos at UFC Fight Night 241. But the unbeaten French prospect was able to make the non-title limit of 206 pounds on his second attempt after being weighed in undressed and with a towel. Sy revealed that the majority of the 1.5 pounds he missed in weight was clocking.
“Actually, that was a mistake,” he said in the post-match media scrum. “Because when I weighed myself yesterday, I was wearing a watch, and it weighed 700 grams.” [grams]. That was part of the difference. ”
Sea was originally scheduled to make his debut against Rodolfo Berato, who was forced to withdraw due to injury. Berato was then replaced by Antonio Trocoli, who withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons, leaving Toccos ready to accept the fight on four days’ notice. Cea quickly took Tokkos to the mat and wore him down before landing a facecrank in the opening frame. Mr. S revealed that his game plan from the beginning was to fight tooth and nail.
“That was the plan all along, just to knock. [take] He was on the floor,” Sy said. “This is one of the things I’m best at, so I stuck with it. It was planned because it takes up a lot of energy, and I knew that over time I would get him.” I did.”
Although Sea has made an impressive debut, the Frenchman insists he still has much to show in his arsenal.
“I fought. I didn’t show everything I had in reserve. I’m saving it for future battles. This is the message I want to leave with the world, that I still have a lot in store. .”
