Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit:Getty/UFC
After missing weight on his first attempt, Oumar Sy was
able to cut the 1.5 pounds necessary the second time around to make
his
Ultimate Fighting Championship debut official.
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Sy initially weighed in at 207 pounds for his light heavyweight
matchup against George
Tokkos at UFC
Fight Night 241. However, the undefeated French prospect was
able to make the non-title limit of 206 pounds on his second
attempt after stripping down and weighing in behind a towel. Sy
revealed that a major chunk of the 1.5 pounds that he lost was his
watch.
“Actually, that was a mistake,” he said during a post-fight media scrum. “Because when I got weighed in
yesterday, I had my watch on, and my watch weighs 700 [grams]. So
that was part of the difference.”
Sy was originally scheduled to make his debut against Rodolfo
Bellato, who was forced out of the event due to an injury.
Bellato was then replaced by Antonio
Trocoli, who pulled out of the fight due to undisclosed
reasons, setting the stage for Tokkos to accept the bout on four
days’ notice. Sy immediately took Tokkos to the mat and wore him
down before submitting the Englishman with a face crank in the
opening frame. Sy revealed that taking the fight to the ground was
the game plan from the outset.
“That was the plan from the beginning, was to just knock [take] him
down on the floor,” Sy said. “Because this is one of the things
that I do best, so I just stuck with it. That was planned because
it uses a lot of energy, and I knew that I would get him as the
time passed by.”
While Sy had an impressive debut, the Frenchman insists that there
is still a lot left to show in his arsenal.
“I fought. I did not show everything that I have in reserve. I’m
keeping that for the future fights. And this is the message I want
to leave for the world, is, I have a lot more in reserve.”