Sage Northcutt vs Bryan Barberena at WelterW??

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was forced to make a late change to its upcoming UFC on FOX 18: "Johnson vs. Bader" mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card, taking place a week from Saturday night (Jan. 30, 2016) inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
 
That's because Andrew Holbrook went and got himself injured.
 
Taking his place against the undefeated Sage Northcutt (7-0) -- now at welterweight -- is fellow up-and-comer Bryan Barberena (10-3). "Bam Bam" is coming off a loss to Chad Laprise last April, but hey, beggars can't be choosers when it's less than two weeks before fight night.
http://www.mmamania.com/2016/1/22/10815458/ufc-on-fox-18-sage-northcutt-moves-welterweight-fights-bryan-barberena-newark-mma
 
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MY QUESTION
 
Why choose an oppoent that forces the fight at welterweight (Why not wait or find someone else)? And who does the weight favour? Sage is still the odds favorite but I see nothing that should make him so given the fight records on display (I know very little about either fighter except what I saw Sage do in the UFC which I found to be a good start but nothing amazing)

Is this story accurate?

all 3 of these guys fight at 55

dermotfix - Is this story accurate?

all 3 of these guys fight at 55


Seems to be:



 



UFC officials announced the switch on Friday and due to the short-notice change, the fight will now be contested at welterweight instead of lightweight. 



http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-sage-northcutt-now-faces-bryan-barberena-at-fox-ufc-fight-night-012216

The_Real_American -


This is one of the weirdest MMA pics I've ever seen Phone Post 3.0

The guy probably didnt have time to make 155 so he requested it be at 170. I doubt sage cares since he's a huge 155 anyway and wont have to kill himself on fight week. If anything, this will be better for him Phone Post 3.0

well fook it I'm betting against him for this fight

The Little Axe Murderer - The guy probably didnt have time to make 155 so he requested it be at 170. I doubt sage cares since he's a huge 155 anyway and wont have to kill himself on fight week. If anything, this will be better for him Phone Post 3.0


Actually Barberena was moving up to WW and had a fight scheduled for 3ish weeks from now.

Barbarena was moving up to 170 to fight Jonavin Webb next month. He was a big 155er. Phone Post 3.0