Alexandre Pantoja makes weight with ease and confirms his first title defense at UFC 296

A. Pantoja when weighing the UFC 296 (Photo: Reproduction/UFC)

Weight made, everything is fine, now…it’s in the Octagon. This Friday afternoon (16), the flyweight champion (up to 56,7kg) Alexandre pantoja fulfilled his obligation with the official Ultimate scale and confirmed his fight against the North American Brandon royval No. UFC 296. Owner of the welterweight belt (up to 77,1kg), Leon edwards He also calmly measured his weight and will measure strength with the loudmouth Colby covington who also did his part in the weighing.

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Challenger for the flyweight belt, Brandon royval He was the first athlete on the card to step on the scale and weighed exactly 56,7kg, the maximum weight allowed in title fights. A few minutes later, the champion Alexandre pantoja also did his part and weighed the same as his rival in the UFC 296.

As the first hour of weighing approaches, the loudmouth Colby covington stepped on the scale and scored 76,8kg, a little below the category limit. A few minutes later, the champion Leon edwards also measured his weight and reached the division's ceiling in title disputes: 77,1kg.

Other Brazilians on the card, Karol Rosa, Ariane Lipski and Lucas Almeida They also fulfilled their commitments on the scale and will climb into the octagon set up at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas (USA) to represent the green and yellow squad.

UFC 296 weigh-in results

MAIN CARD (0 p.m. Brasília time)

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Leon edwards (77,1kg) x Colby covington (76,8kg) – fight for the belt

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Alexandre pantoja (56,7kg) x Brandon royval (56,7kg) – fight for the belt

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Shavkat Rakhmonov (77,5kg) x Stephen Thompson (77,5kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Tony Ferguson (70,5kg) x Paddy Pimblett (70,6kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Josh Emmett (66,2kg) x Bryce mitchell (66kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD (20:30 p.m., Brasília time)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Irene aldana (61,6kg) x Karol Rosa (61,4kg)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): cody garbrandt (61,6kg) x brian kelleher (61,6kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Casey O'Neill (56,7 kg) x Ariane Lipski (57,1kg)

Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Alonzo Menifield (92,7kg) x dustin jacoby (92,7kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Tagir Ulanbekov (57,1kg) x cody durden (57,1kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): André Fili (66kg) x Lucas Almeida (66,2kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Martin Buday (119,9kg) x Shamil Gaziev (117,7kg)

* Welterweight (up to 77,1kg) – Belal Muhammad | (76,8kg) – reserve for the duel between Leon edwards x Colby covington

*Flyweight (up to 56,7kg) – Brandon Moreno – reservation of the duel between Alexandre pantoja e Brandon royval