Dillashaw and Cejudo confirm fight for flyweight belt at UFC Brooklyn

T. Dillashaw scored 56,5kg at the weigh-in. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc

This Friday morning (19), Ultimate held the official weigh-in for UFC Brooklyn. None of the athletes broke the limits of their categories and the 13 duels scheduled for the show were confirmed. The challenger for the flyweight title looking very weakened, TJ Dillashaw stepped on the scale and weighed 56,5kg. The keeper of the division strap, Henry Cejudo It easily weighed 56,4kg. Thus, the champions secured the superfight for the category belt.

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In less than an hour, 12 of the 13 fighters had already passed the scale. However, Te Edwards arrived for the weigh-in with just 30 minutes to go and weighed in at the 70,3kg needed to confirm his fight with Dennis Bermudez by light weights.

Os três lutados brasileiros do card não tiveram problemas com a balança e se pesaram nos primeiros 17 minutos da janela. Estreante, Ariane Lipski cravou 56,8kg enquanto sua rival, Joanne calderwood weighed 57,1kg.

Glover Teixeira e Karl Robertson secured the fight on the main card by scoring 93,3kg and 92,4kg, respectively. The last Brazilian athlete to step on the scale was Vinícius Mamute and weighed 93,3kg. His opponent, Alonzo Meninfield, also had no difficulties and weighed 92,8kg.

UFC Brooklyn weigh-in results

Main Card

Flyweight (up to 57kg): Henry Cejudo (56,4kg) x TJ Dillashaw (56,5kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120kg): Greg hardy (119,7kg) x Allen Crowder (114,6kg)

Light weight (up to 70kg): Gregor Gillespie (70,4kg) x Yancy Medeiros (70,5kg)

Flyweight (up to 57kg): Joseph Benavidez (56,4kg) x Dustin Ortiz (56,2kg)

Flyweight (up to 57kg): paige vanzant (57,1kg) x Rachael Ostovich (57kg)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Glover Teixeira (93,2kg) x Karl Robertson (92,4kg)

Preliminary Card

Light weight (up to 70kg): Alexander Hernandez (70,5kg) x Donald Cerrone (70,7kg)

Flyweight (up to 57kg): Joanne calderwood (57,1kg) x Ariane Lipski (56,8kg)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Alonzo Menifield (92,8kg) x Vinicius Mamute (93,2kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61kg): Cory Sandhagen (61,5kg) x mario bautista (61,3kg)

Light weight (up to 70kg): Dennis Bermudez (70,7kg) x Te Edwards (70,3kg)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Belal Muhammad | (77,2kg) x Geoff neal (77,3kg)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Chance Rencountre (77,3kg) x Kyle Stewart (77,3kg)

Fighters not competing for a belt had a pound (0,454kg) of tolerance.