Paulo Costa won’t be able to fight at 185 pounds in future California fights unless he gets cleared by the state’s athletic commission.

The undefeated UFC middleweight contender is among six fighters from this month’s UFC 241 card who’ve been given notice by the California State Athletic Commission to move up a division, according to a public records request made by MMA Junkie on Wednesday.

The other fighters include Sabina Mazo, Brandon Davis, Kyung Ho Kang, Manny Bermudez, and Sodiq Yusuff. The notices coincide with weight gains of 15 percent or more between UFC 241’s official weigh-ins and fight day, per the CSAC’s rules on weight-cutting.

As previously reported, 13 fighters on the Aug. 17 card gained more than 10 percent of their body weight in that window, which violates a series of regulations enacted to curb excessive weight cuts. Costa and Davis were rounded up from 14.9 and 14.7 percent, respectively.

All but one of the fighters made weight for their respective contests except Bermudez, who negotiated a catchweight fight against Casey Kenney at 140 pounds. But fighters who gain 15 percent automatically trigger a “notification letter” that states “they have been moved up a weight class in California,” per CSAC representative Patrisha Blackstock.

Costa and the other fighters can still compete in their chosen weight classes, Blackstock added. But they will need to prove they can fight safely.

“If those fighters wish to fight below the weight class that CSAC moved them to, then they will have to enroll in a nutrition program and work with the (UFC Performance Institute or a similar place) to address their weight/weight gain,” Blackstock wrote in an email. “Their nutrition program and findings from the PI will have to be sent to CSAC for review and approval before the fighters are moved down in weight class.”

Costa’s manager, Wallid Ismail, said it’s his understanding that the commission can’t mandate the weight class where a fighter competes. But he said Costa already planned to go to the UFC PI for over one month to utilize the facility’s resources.

“He loves the UFC PI,” Ismail said. “We’re not going because the commission asked him, but because the PI is wonderful. Fighters don’t go there because of free food. They go because it’s the best place.”

Earlier this month, the California commission suspended the bantamweight license of Aspen Ladd, ordering her to submit “extensive medical documentation” to allow her to fight at 135 pounds. The documentation would also remove an administrative note with the Association of Boxing Commissions that could prevent her from fighting in the division in other states.

CSAC executive director Andy Foster hopes to enact a rule that allows the commission to take more severe action against fighters who cut excessive weight, canceling fights where fighters gain more than 15 percent of their body weight between weigh-ins and fight day.