Time to get weighed in

First Sydney was called up. She stepped up onto the scale. The judge with a clipboard checked the reading carefully.

"115.4 pounds." He said. There was a scattered applause. No surprises here. Sydney, despite her height at 5'10, was very thin. This gave her one of the best reaches in the weight class, her biggest advantage. She grinned and skipped off the scale.

Then Katie was called up. She felt butterflies in her stomach. If she weighed too much she forfeited the match, making her first ever fight a loss! All those years of training wasted. Slipping off her flip flops she stepped barefoot onto the scale. The judge checked, then his eyes widened.

"121.1 pounds."

There was a murmur of whispering. The weight limit was 119 pounds! She had just forfeited! Despite only being 5'7" Katie was very densely muscled from her work on with weights. Katie's jaw dropped in disbelief. Sydney whispered 'yes!", though she knew better to gloat and seem unsportsmanlike.

Katie stepped off the scale in shock. Her coach rushed up to her.

"Di... did I just forfeit?" Katie stammered.

"No!" He said hurriedly. "There's something we can do..."