The UFC fighter fainted when trying to make weight for her bantamweight bout with Julia Avila in Las Vegas.

She started to lose her balance while on the scales, staggered backwards and collapsed against the UFC backdrop.

The 27-year-old was then helped to a chair before remarkably being allowed to step onto the scales again.

Stoliarenko made 135.5 pounds, but then collapsed again with a member of the UFC security team catching her.

A nearby physician came in to tend to her. Stoliarenko's coach, Donatas Uktveris, brought her water. Stoliarenko was taken from the room on a stretcher. She was transported to a hospital, per the UFC. A request by ESPN for comment from Stoliarenko's team was not responded to immediately.

When asked why Stoliarenko was allowed to get back on the scale after the initial fall, NSAC chief assistant Jeff Mullen, who was presiding over the weigh-ins, declined to comment.

In an Instagram video Friday evening, Stoliarenko said she actually did not have trouble cutting weight. In fact, she said, the pounds came off too quickly. Stoliarenko said she reached the bantamweight limit too early Friday, at around 5 a.m. With the weigh-ins starting at 9 a.m., she had to stay without food and water for four hours in order to make weight for the bout.

"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," Stoliarenko said. "That was an issue why it all happened."

Stoliarenko said she understands why the commission and UFC canceled the fight, but she said she feels much better and could have competed Saturday. Stoliarenko apologized to the UFC and Avila for the incident.

"I am actually feeling ready for a fight," Stoliarenko said. "My body feels great. I'm still in good shape."

Weight cutting is a dangerous part of mixed martial arts. Fighters sometimes lose 20 to 30 pounds in the days and weeks leading up to weigh-ins, sweating out the remaining weight in a hot bath or sauna. Some state athletic commissions, including California's, have instituted regulations to curtail extreme weight cutting and severe dehydration in combat sports. 온라인카지노

Stoliarenko (9-4-2) had a five-fight winning streak snapped in her previous bout, a unanimous decision loss to Yana Kunitskaya in her UFC debut. The Lithuania native is the former Invicta FC women's bantamweight champion. Stoliarenko, 27, is also a former champion in the Burmese martial art of Lethwei.