S. Miocic and F. Ngannou confirm main fight of the UFC 260. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage
Everything is fine for the main fight of the UFC 260, which takes place this Saturday (27), in Las Vegas, in the United States. Protagonists of the show, Stipe Miocic e Francis Ngannou confirmed their weights this Friday afternoon (26) and guaranteed a rematch valid for the heavyweight belt (up to 120,2kg) on this weekend's card. Brazilian representatives on the card, Vincent Luque e Thomas almeida They also passed through the scale without any major problems.
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Heavyweight champion (up to 120,2kg.) Stipe Miocic is trying to defend the title for the fourth time and has had no problems measuring the category limit. The number one in the division scored 106,1kg. and confirmed his presence on the card.
Francis Ngannou, who is looking for his first UFC belt after four knockouts in a row, faced the scales soon after and weighed in at 119,3kg, around 13kg. above his opponent, to guarantee the main event of the night.
In the co-main fight of UFC 260, the brazilian Vincent Luque He didn't even 'take off his mask' during the measurement and passed with ease to score 77,3kg. Former champion of the welterweight division, Tyron woodley He was one of the last fighters to weigh in and weighed in at 77,5kg.
Great promise of Ultimate, the controversial Sean O'Malley came to be the protagonist of a moment of tension on the scales, but scored the same amount as his opponent this Saturday, the Brazilian Thomas almeida. Representatives of the bantamweight category (up to 61,2kg), the fighters weighed 61,7kg, using the pound (454g) tolerance.
Check out the weight of the athletes for UFC 260
MAIN CARD (23pm Brasília time):
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Stipe Miocic (106,1kg.) x Francis Ngannou (119,3kg.) – Fight for the belt
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Tyron woodley (77,4kg.) x Vincent Luque (77,5kg.)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Sean O'Malley (61,7kg.) x Thomas almeida (61,7kg.)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Gillian robertson (65,9kg.) x Miranda maverick (57,1kg.)
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Jamie Mullarkey (70,5kg.) x Khama Worthy (70,5kg.)
PRELIMINARY CARD (20 p.m. Brasília time):
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Alonzo Menifield (93kg.) x Fabio Cherant (93,5kg.)**
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Jared Gooden (77,7kg.)** x Abubakar Nurmagomedov (77,3kg.)
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Modest Bukauskas (93,2kg.) x Michal Oleksiejczuk (93,4kg.)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Shane Young (66kg.) x Omar Morales (66,2kg.)
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Marc-Andre Barriault (up to 83,9kg.) x Abu Azaitar (84,1kg.)
*Athletes who are not competing for a belt receive one pound (454g) of tolerance over the limits of their respective categories.
** Fabio Cherant e Jared Gooden exceeded the limit of their respective divisions
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