Bryan Battle had a tough PPV debut at UFC 310. After all, ‘The Butcher’, fighting on a numbered UFC card for the first time in his fledgling career, looked horribly haggard at the weigh-ins. It was clear that he was severely dehydrated and looked pretty close to passing out. Unfortunately, the ‘TUF’ alumni still weighed four pounds heavier than the contracted welterweight non-title bout limit of 171 pounds, but thankfully the bout went forward as planned.

In the end, Battle managed to eke out a split-decision victory over Randy Brown at the UFC’s final PPV card for 2024. But, he had to pay a steep price for missing weight, which he revealed on Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson’s ‘JAXXON Podcast on YouTube’. “I really wanted to know what is it. 20%? That you have to give to your opponent [for missing weight]?” ‘Rampage’ asked. To which Battle revealed he had to actually fork over “30%” of his paycheck to Brown.

‘The Butcher’ then recalled his amusing reaction to finding out exactly how much money he would have to give to Brown right before their fight. “They brought in the new contract like right before the fight… and I’m in the locker room and it’s like this is my first time on a pay-per-view, so it’s like they had like the actual locker with your name on it, and s**t… I’m sitting there and the UFC employee comes, he’s like ‘Hey, um when you get a chance I need you to look at this and sign this real quick,'” Battle told Jackson.

“I’m looking at it and it’s like when I first see the first chunk which is like if I would have lost, I was like ‘Aaah!’ And then I flipped it over and I saw like if I would have won, I was like ‘Aaah!’ But, you know, that’s my fault, you know,” he added.

This, of course, is standard practice. If a fighter misses weight, their opponent has the choice to either call off the bout entirely or get a share of the fighter’s paycheck and go ahead with the fight. And as Battle himself pointed out, he has no one else to blame other than himself.

Bryan Battle explains why he doesn’t want to hear about the missed weight cut anymore

Bryan Battle has put the missed weight behind him and doesn’t want anyone giving him a hard time about it for one simple reason. “I don’t want to hear nothing about it anymore,” ‘The Butcher’ declared. “Like did I miss weight? Yes. Did I f**k up? Yes. But did he know that and still take the fight and still take that extra money? Yes, he did, so I don’t want to hear nothing about it.”

This is understandable. After all, Battle is a rising star, on his way to breaking into the rankings. Not only the missed weight, but the surging welterweight should put his forgettable UFC 310 performance behind him, too. Of course, he should take a lesson from this experience and make sure he doesn’t have a bad weight cut like he did against Brown.

After all, many fans have high expectations from Battle with his exciting fighting style, undeniable charisma, and on-point mic skills. Having bad weight cuts takes a huge toll on any fighter’s body (and thus their performance), not to mention the steep financial penalty that Battle found out about first-hand. What do you think about Bryan Battle’s take on missing weight?