Fighter’s angry accusation after disturbing clip of UFC star’s scary weigh-in

After a seriously disturbing video sparked grave fears for a UFC star’s health, an unsympathetic rival has come out swinging.

UFC star Miesha Tate has hit out at Aspen Ladd after her fight on the weekend was cancelled following scary scenes at the American’s weigh-in.

At her first attempt, Ladd weighed in at 64kg for her bantamweight bout against Macy Chiasson — 3kg over the 61kg limit. Ladd then stripped off her clothes for her official weigh-in as organisers brought out a curtain to shield her from view, but she still came in a touch heavy at 62kg.

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Fight fans were troubled by what they saw at the weigh-in as Ladd was shaking and looked visibly unsteady on her feet, at one stage lifting her arms up and almost collapsing before she was helped by officials.

But she received no sympathy from former bantamweight champion Tate. The 35-year-old accused Ladd of “cheating” by trying to hold onto a railing while being shielded to lessen the weight on the scales.

“It’s one thing to miss weight, it’s another thing to try and cheat the scale and use every excuse in the book to not weigh in properly,” Tate tweeted. “Everyone saw you cheat and still came in a lb over. I bet you were every bit of 139 (pounds).

“Guaranteed she didn’t want put both hands up because she wanted to grab the curtain structure placed around her. Nice try.

“She wanted to cheat the real scale and she knew if she checked before hand that she couldn’t explain why the lbs suddenly disappeared when she got behind a curtain she could grab onto.

“She was acting like she couldn’t put both of her hands up in the air w/out shaking violently (making it impossible to get an accurate weight) even though she had been standing just fine on there prior. She needed 2 hold the inside of the curtain rods in hopes of taking lbs off.”

MMA journalists reacted on social media to the “truly scary weigh-in scene” before Ladd later took to Instagram to explain what went wrong.

“Fight is off. Again. All my fault,” she wrote. “Straight up started my period 2 days back and made this cut absolutely miserable.

“Did the best I could, hit 137, the scale situation was a mess because the last thing I wanted was to bleed in front of the media.

“The fight wasn’t pulled, my opponent then decided she would rather not go through with it, as is her right. I’m going to get slammed regardless, so let it begin.”

In a follow-up social media post, Ladd apologised to Chiasson, the UFC and her fans.

“There are times when you think that you do everything right and then mother nature comes into play but bottom line is you’ve got to prepare for anything and everything,” Ladd wrote.

“I thought that I had.”

Ladd has been out of the Octagon for nearly two years and has had multiple fights cancelled during that time because of injury and weight troubles.

Before a 2019 clash with Germaine de Randamie, Ladd was shaking on the scales and later revealed the “brutal” toll of trying to shed enough kilos in time.

In 2018 the American missed weight by nearly 1kg for her bout with Leslie Smith, prompting the fight to be cancelled.

Her latest worrying weigh-in sparked calls from the UFC world to move up a division to featherweight (145 pounds or 65.8kg) because bantamweight is clearly proving too much of a stretch.

TSN reporter Aaron Bronsteter tweeted: “Aspen needs to start fighting at 145.0lbs. How many more of these scary weigh-in incidents can she have?”

Artist Josh Keyes wrote: “Aspen Ladd needs to make changes to her training camp, her coaches and herself. Enough is enough.”

Writer Elias Cepeda added: “Does Aspen Ladd have to die for her team, the UFC, and athletic commissions to start paying more attention to her weighing in issues and health?”

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