UFC London’s scheduled opening contest has been dramatically scrapped on the eve of the show.Melissa Mullins’ women’s bantamweight fight against Luana Carolina was put in jeopardy when the latter missed weight by an astonishing 8lbs on Friday morning.Mullins was in tears when she made the women’s bantamweight limit of 136lbs on FridayGettyMullins, who overcame extreme performance anxiety and a torn retina in her right eye ahead of UFC London, burst into tears when she hit the scales at 136lbs, more than likely knowing what was to come from Carolina.Carolina then weighed in at 144lbs, 8lbs over the limit, and the fight was thrown into doubt.The UFC brass may have offered Mullins a percentage of Carolina’s purse to make the fight happen at catchweight, but after roughly an hour had passed, the media were informed that it was off.“Due to regulatory reasons, that fight has been cancelled,” UFC commentator John Gooden announced at Friday morning’s weigh-in.Melissa Mullins reacts to cancelled UFC London fightMullins has since revealed that she and Carolina agreed to let the fight go on, but the commission decided against it.“Although I made weight and it was most definitely a harder cut than I expected,” the Coventry fighter explained on Instagram.“My opponent missed weight by 8lbs officially, and although we agreed to take the fight, the commission used by the UFC is not happy, [and] has pulled the fight from the card!“All my hard work wasted and the opportunity to fight on my home turf stolen from me.“To perform on the very best platform [and] take in moments.“Guys, make some noise please and help me get back out fighting on a card asap.”Carolina has a history of missing weight and came in way over ahead of her fight at UFC LondonGettyView Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCLondon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwUpdated UFC London cardMain cardMAIN EVENT: Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy – FeatherweightCO-MAIN EVENT: Luke Riley vs Michael Aswell – FeatherweightMichael Page vs Sam Patterson – WelterweightIwo Baraniewski vs Austen Lane – Light HeavyweightRoman Dolidze vs Christian Leroy Duncan – MiddleweightKurtis Campbell vs Danny Silva – FeatherweightPrelimsMason Jones vs Axel Sola – LightweightNathaniel Wood vs Losene Keita – FeatherweightLouie Sutherland vs Brando Pericic – HeavyweightMantas Kondratavicius vs Antonio Trocoli – MiddleweightMario Pinto vs Felipe Franco – HeavyweightShem Rock vs Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady – LightweightShanelle Dyer vs Ravena Oliveira – Women’s StrawweightAll other fighters on the UFC London card, bar Ravena Oliveira, who came in 0.5lbs over, made weight, meaning Lerone Murphy’s main event against Movsar Evloev to decide the next featherweight title challenger is official.UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski was expected to make an appearance in London on Saturday evening, but reported visa issues meant the Australian could not travel.No. 6-ranked UFC featherweight Jean Silva is, however, in London, as is former bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.Who else made weight ahead of UFC London?Michael ‘Venom’ Page, who is arguably the biggest name on the card, also successfully made weight, having moved back down to 170lbs after a stint at middleweight.Page faces former sparring partner and fellow Londoner Sam Patterson on the main card.Paddy Pimblett‘s teammate Luke Riley was also successful on the scales ahead of his co-main event against Michael Aswell Jr.Manchester’s Murphy is hoping to steal the show in the main event of UFC LondonGettyMurphy faces fellow undefeated UFC star Evloev to decide the next challenger to Volkanovski’s throneGetty‘MVP’ also successfully made weight ahead of his welterweight clash against PattersonGettyRiley is one of three Scousers on the UFC London card, alongside debutant Kurtis Campbell and Shem Rock.Oliveira’s women’s strawweight bout with Londoner Shanelle Dyer is expected to go ahead and open up UFC London on Saturday evening.