Video: Headliner Leandro Higo had to shave his head to make weight for LFA 1 main event

Every once in a while, an MMA weight cut will go awry and a fighter will have to take some extreme measures to hit the right number on the scale.

Such was the case today for LFA 1 headliner Leandro Higo (16-2). Higo, from Brazil, passed on video to MMAjunkie showing a brand-new haircut he got today – just so he could hit the 135-pound limit for his main event against Steven Peterson (14-4).

“My body had reached its limit,” Higo said in the video. “I had to get this beautiful haircut. (Striking coach Thiago) Tourao gave me the idea, and it worked. I came in below weight, thankfully. (Friday) is going to be a war and then I’ll have my belt. It’s war.”

Higo was the final RFA bantamweight champion. He fights Peterson, who was Legacy FC’s final 135-pound titleholder, to become LFA’s inaugural bantamweight champion. Legacy FC and RFA announced a merger in 2016, and Friday’s event will be the promotion’s first.

LFA 1 takes place at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, and the main card airs on AXS TV.

Higo has not fought since a submission victory over Joey Miolla at RFA 37 in April 2016. He’s hoping a win over Peterson will get him that elusive phone call to join the ranks of the UFC.

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