Brazilians make weight and confirm fights at UFC Las Vegas 72

Caio Borralho when weighing the UFC Las Vegas 72 (Photo: Playback/YouTube)

Everything is fine for the 'Brazilian Squadron' in UFC Las Vegas 72. In the early afternoon of this Friday (28), Caio Borralho, Rudolph Vieira e Marcos Foot They successfully passed the challenge against the scales and confirmed their presence at this Saturday's event (29).

Scheduled for the co-main fight of the night, Caio Borralho he was one of the first to step on the scale and used the pound of tolerance to reach 84,1kg, exactly the same weight measured by his opponent Michal Oleksiejczuk.

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Still in the middleweight division, Rudolph Vieira he also used the pound tolerance, allowed in fights that don't count for a belt, to weigh 84,3kg. Opponent of the Brazilian, Cody Brundage He was the last athlete to weigh in and weighed 84,1kg.

In the heavyweight division (up to 120,2kg), Marcos Foot He was the penultimate to step on the scale and, without any fear, he was below the division limit, weighing 119kg. On the other side, the Dominican Waldo Cortes-Acosta He also made weight easily, weighing in at 117kg.

Protagonists of the event, song yadong e Ricky simon It didn't take long to confirm the main fight of the night, valid for the bantamweight division (up to 61,2kg). The Chinese and the North American weighed the same 61,7kg.

UFC Las Vegas 72 technical sheet

Location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Main card (20h Brasília time)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): song yadong (61,7kg) x Ricky simon (61,7kg)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Caio Borralho (84,1kg) x Michal Oleksiejczuk (84,1kg)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Cody Brundage (84,1kg) x Rudolph Vieira (84,3kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): julian erosa (66kg) x Fernando Padilla (66kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Waldo Cortes-Acosta (117kg) x Marcos Foot (119kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Josh Quinlan (76,6)x Trey Waters (77,5kg)

Preliminary card (17:30 pm Brasília time)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Martin Buday (120,2kg) x Jake collier (120,4kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): cody durden (57,1kg) x Charles Johnson (56,9kg)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Stephanie Egger (61,2kg) x Irina Alekseeva (63,5kg)*

Married weight (up to 63,5kg): JourneyNewson (62,8kg) x Marcus McGhee (63,5kg)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Hailey Cowan (62,3kg)* x Jamey-Lyn Horth (61,4kg)