Julija Stoliarenko collapsed twice at a UFC weigh-in before her fight was canceled because of safety concerns

• Julija Stoliarenko fainted twice at a UFC weigh-in ceremony Friday ahead of a Saturday fight event.
• Stoliarenko officially made weight but was stretchered out of the room and her bout was canceled.
• She has since said she's fine.

Julija Stoliarenko collapsed twice at a UFC weigh-in before her Saturday fight was canceled because of safety concerns.

Weigh-in ceremonies take place approximately 24 hours before combat sports events. It is the moment a fighter is contracted to weigh on, or under, the limit of the weight class that they are competing in the following day.

Stoliarenko, a former Invicta champion renowned for winning one of the bloodiest women's fights last year, was scheduled to fight Julia Avila in a bantamweight match at the behind-closed-doors UFC Fight Night event in Las Vegas.

However, their bout was scrapped from the show after Stoliarenko was stretchered out of the weigh-in ceremony because she kept fainting.

At first, Stoliarenko appeared OK when she entered the ceremony. She took off some of her clothes before stepping onto the stage, and then on to the scales.

However, she stumbled backwards and fell to the floor. UFC employees rushed toward her and tried to get her to her feet, but her legs buckled.

She eventually registered 135.5-pounds, which meant she officially made weight. However, she then collapsed again and, according to MMA Junkie, lost consciousness.

Watch the incident here:

In a later Instagram video, Stoliarenko said it wasn't the weight cut that had drained her but that she actually may have made weight too early. Consequently, she was dehydrated and weak for too long a period until the weigh-in.

"The problem wasn't my weight cut, and actually I want to say it was one of the easiest cuts in my career and weight was dropping too fast," said Stoliarenko said.

"The main issue, I think, was that I made weight too early. I just was too long time on weight.

"As everybody knows, when you cut weight you cannot be on this weight for too long, because you're already on the limits of your dehydration and so on. That was an issue why it all happened."