Weight Miss, Weigh In Controversy Sees Road to UFC 4 Final Fall Off UFC 325

Aaron Tau, UFC 325 weigh-in Credit: Youtube/UFC

Everything was smooth sailing at the UFC 325 official weigh-ins on Friday in Sydney, Australia until Aaron Tau hit the scales.

New Zealand’s Tau (11-1) had fallen to Elijah Smith on the Contender Series in 2024, but worked his way back to a UFC opportunity by winning his first two fights in the Road to UFC 4 flyweight tournament.

Scheduled to fight in the final against Namsrai Batbayar, Tau was last to hit the scales at weigh-ins, and did so behind the privacy barrier. In a confusing moment, UFC play-by-play announcer Jon Anik read Tau’s weight as 122.5lbs — well under the flyweight limit. The head scratching scene had some questioning why Tau had weighed in so late. But a second trip to the scale saw his weight balloon up to 129lbs, three pounds over the divisional limit.

Tau has since been accused of resting his elbows on the privacy curtain, a take on the old “DC towel trick” that Daniel Cormier once infamously used to make weight.

Tau’s Road to UFC 4 showdown with Batbayar was subsequently announced as cancelled. “The Road to UFC flyweight final between Aaron Tau and Namsrai Batbayar has been canceled from UFC 325 due to weight miss,” promotion officials wrote on social media.

It remains to be seen if the bout will be rebooked, given it was a tournament final. The remaining three Road to UFC 4 finals remain part of Saturday’s UFC 325 preliminary card.

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