A. Ribas made weight for the UFC Las Vegas 54 (Photo: Reproduction/Youtube)
If last week the weighing of UFC 274 was full of controversies, culminating in Charles of the Bronx losing the organization's lightweight belt (up to 70,3 kg) after not reaching the division's limit, the athletes' fight against the scale for the UFC Las Vegas 54, this Friday (13), was held almost without occurrences. All 22 athletes scheduled for the event reached their respective weights and confirmed the 11 fights of the night.
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Responsible for the main fight of the night, Jan Blachowicz e Aleksandar rakic were the first to step on the scale this Friday. While the former champion weighed 93,2 kg, Aleksandar rakic weighed exactly 93 kg.
The five Brazilians selected for the UFC Las Vegas 54 also had no difficulty in overcoming the challenge against the scales. Amanda ribas, Allan Puro Osso, Viviane Araujo, Alan Nuguette e Virna jandiroba measured the weight within the first 20 minutes of weighing.
UFC Las Vegas 54 fight list
MAIN CARD (23pm Brasília time):
Light Heavyweight: Jan Blachowicz (93,2 kg) x Aleksandar rakic (93 kg)
Light Heavyweight: Ryan spann (93,4 kg) x Ion cutelaba (93 kg)
Bantamweight: davey grant (61,4 kg) x Louis Smolka (61,7 kg)
Fly weight: Katlyn chookagian (56,9 kg) x Amanda ribas (56,7kg)
Lightweight: Frank Camacho (70,3 kg) x Manuel Torres (70,5 kg)
Fly weight: Jake Hadley (56,9 kg) x Allan Puro Osso (56,9 kg)
PRELIMINARY CARD (20:30 p.m. Brasília time):
Fly weight: Viviane Araujo (56,6 kg) x Andrea Lee (56,7 kg)
Lightweight: Michael Johnson (70,3 kg) x Alan Nuguette (70,7 kg)
Straw weight: Virna jandiroba (52,1 kg) x Angela Hill (52,3 kg)
Fly weight: Tatsuro Taira (56,7 kg) x Carlos Candelario (57,1 kg)*
Middleweight: Nick Maximov (83,7 kg) x Andre Petroski (83,9 kg)
*Carlos Candelario was around 200g over the flyweight limit and has until 15pm to cut the excess weight.
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