Jared Gooden was foiled by the scale again.
At the official morning weigh-ins for UFC St. Louis, Gooden was unable to step to the scale due to a medical issue, the UFC announced Friday. His preliminary welterweight bout with Kevin Jousset has been cancelled.
This is not the first time that Gooden has made headlines for the wrong reasons on weigh-in day. In March 2023, Gooden stepped in on three days’ notice to replace Abubakar Nurmagomedov for a bout with Carlston Harris. The short-notice booking did Gooden no favors as he ended up missing weight for the welterweight bout by six pounds. Harris went on to defeat Gooden via unanimous decision.
Other than Gooden, there were no weigh-in issues ahead of Saturday’s card. Heavyweight headliners Derrick Lewis (264) and Rodrigo Nascimento (265) both successfully made weight, as did co-main event welterweights Joaquin Buckley (170) and Nursulton Ruziboev (170.25).
See full UFC St. Louis weigh-in results below.
Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Derrick Lewis (264) vs. Rodrigo Nascimento (265)
Joaquin Buckley (170) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (170.25)
Alonzo Menifield (205.5) vs. Carlos Ulberg (205)
Diego Ferreira (155) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (155.25)
Alex Caceres (145) vs. Sean Woodson (145)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262) vs. Robelis Despaigne (262.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
Chase Hooper (155) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (155)
Terrance McKinney (155.25) vs. Esteban Ribovics (155)
Tabatha Ricci (115) vs. Tecia Pennington (115)
Billy Goff (170.25) vs. Trey Waters (170)
Charles Johnson (125.5) vs. Jake Hadley (125)
Jared Gooden* vs. Kevin Jousset (170.5)
JJ Aldrich (125.25) vs. Veronica Hardy (126)
*Gooden did not weigh in due to a medical issue. His bout with Kevin Jousset has been cancelled
