Belal Muhammad | e Valentina Shevchenko defend belts in UFC 315 (Photo: Montage/SUPER FIGHTS)
The two title fights UFC 315 are confirmed. On the morning of this Friday (9), during the official weigh-in of the event, the champions Belal Muhammad | e Valentina Shevchenko and the challengers Jack Della Maddalena e Manon Fiorot won the battle against the scales and confirmed the disputes for the welterweight (up to 77,1 kg) and women's flyweight (up to 56,7 kg) belts, respectively.
protagonist of UFC 315, Belal Muhammad | was the first athlete to step on the scale and showed no problems in reaching 77,1 kg, the category limit. Challenger for the title, Jack Della Maddalena was the third to weigh himself and weighed the same 77,1 kg.
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Right after Belal Muhammad |, it was the turn to Valentina Shevchenko to go to the scales. The champion weighed below the category limit, weighing 56,2 kg. Shortly after, it was the challenger's turn Manon Fiorot, who reached the 'championship weight', with 56,7 kg.
The main occurrence of the weigh-in was the duel between José Aldo e Aiemann Zahabi, which, by account of problems with the Brazilian's weight loss, was changed from bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg) to featherweight (up to 65,7 kg).
In addition to the issue involving Aldo and Zahabi, Bruno Blindado was the only athlete not to make the weight for his category. The Brazilian middleweight (up to 83,9 kg) was the last to step on the scale and scored 84,8 kg, approximately 500 g above the division limit, already considering the pound tolerance.
The two belt disputes lead the UFC 315, which takes place this Saturday (10), in Montreal, Canada. The event has five Brazilians scheduled: José Aldo, Natalia Silva, Jessica Stacker, Bruno Blindado e Daniel Willycat.
UFC 315 WEIGH-IN RESULTS
MAIN CARD (23pm, Brasilia time)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Belal Muhammad | (77,1 kg) x Jack Della Maddalena (77,1 kg) – title fight
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Valentina Shevchenko (56,2 kg) x Manon Fiorot (56,7 kg) – title fight
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): José Aldo (64,8 kg) x Aiemann Zahabi (64,4 kg)
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Alexa grasso (57,1 kg) x Natalia Silva (57,1 kg)
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Benoit Saint-Denis (70,7 kg) x Kyle Propilec (70,7 kg)
PRELIMINARY CARD (19:30 p.m. Brasília time)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Mike Malott (77,5 kg) x Charles Radtke (77,5 kg)
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Jessica Andrade (57,1 kg) x Jasmine Jasudavicius (56,2 kg)
Light heavyweight (up to 92,9 kg): Modest Bukauskas (92 kg) x Ion cutelaba (92,9 kg)
Light heavyweight (up to 92,9 kg): Navajo Stirling (92,9 kg) x Ivan Erslan (92,9 kg)
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Marc-Andre Barriault (83,9 kg) x Bruno Blindado (84,8 kg)***
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Daniel Willycat (66,2 kg) x Jeong Yeong Lee (66,2 kg)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Brad Katona (61,6 kg) x Bekzat Almakhan (61,6 kg)
*There is a 1 pound tolerance (approximately 450g) for non-title fights.
** Ian Machado Garry weighed in as a reserve for the main fight and weighed 76,2 kg.
*** Bruno Blindado It was approximately 500 g above the category limit, already considering the pound of tolerance.
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