Fight Nearly Breaks Out Between King Green’s Team and Esteban Ribovics Ahead of UFC 332

Fight week in Salt Lake City just got a whole lot spicier. Tensions reached a boiling point outside the fighter hotel ahead of UFC 332 after lightweight contender Esteban Ribovics missed weight for his main card showdown against Bobby "King" Green. What was supposed to be a quiet pre-fight afternoon nearly spiraled into an unscheduled parking lot brawl.

The drama kicked off shortly after Ribovics failed to hit the lightweight limit on the scales. As the fighters and their entourages crossed paths outside the host hotel, words were exchanged, and tempers flared. Professional boxer Arnold Barboza Jr., who was traveling as part of Green's camp, stepped right into the mix and nearly threw down with Ribovics on the spot before team members stepped in to pull them apart.

Hotel Parking Lot Drama

While his team was ready to throw hands on the pavement, Green took a far more relaxed and hilarious approach to the near-brawl. The 40-year-old veteran was caught on video laughing off the chaos, clowning Barboza for escalating the situation when he was trying to keep things smooth.

“I can’t take this motherf*cker nowhere!” Green cracked with his trademark grin. “I was trying to be cool. That’s not the move.”

For Green, who holds a 36-17-1 professional record with 13 knockout wins, scale mishaps and fight-week altercations are just business as usual. The fan-favorite striker is coming off a dominant first-round TKO over Terrance McKinney and remains hyper-focused on securing another victory inside the Octagon. Plus, Ribovics missing weight means Green pockets a cool 20 percent of his opponent’s purse.

Ribovics, holding a 16-3 record and coming off a second-round TKO over Edson Barboza, now carries both a lighter wallet and extra hostility into the cage. Despite the hotel skirmish and scale failure, the lightweight scrap remains officially greenlit for the Delta Center. Fans can expect pure fireworks when the cage door finally locks—and this time, nobody will be there to hold them back.