V. Melo at UFC weigh-in. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube MMA Fighting
At bantamweight (up to 61,2kg.), Vanessa melo, is close to realizing her dream of officially wearing the Ultimate gloves. However, the athlete, who agreed to replace Marian Renau at the last minute in the duel against Irene aldana No. UFC Mexico City, this Saturday (21), failed the weight cut for his division and lost almost 2kg. (63,5kg.) above the category limit. The athlete's fight, however, is kept on the card.
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After the problem with the scales, Aldana, the Brazilian's opponent, agreed to compete in the match at catchweight. However, the São Paulo native will have to transfer 30% of her purse to this Saturday's opponent as compensation for the failure.
According to Guilherme Cruz, one of Vanessa's team members, in an interview with 'MMA Fighting', his athlete was well hydrated, but her weight stopped falling on Thursday (19). The coach, however, was unable to say whether what influenced the dehydration was the altitude or the fact that they accepted the fight at the last minute.
This Saturday, the São Paulo native will make her Ultimate debut and the 16th fight of her career. Melo is on a good winning streak. The fighter is undefeated in five fights and has not lost since November 2016.
The Brazilian's opponent, Irene, who weighed in at the division limit (61,2kg.) tries to recover from the defeat to Rachel Pennington, which took place in July.
Brazilians confirmed
In addition to Melo, four more athletes will represent the Brazilian colors at the Mexican event. All of them managed to make an efficient weight cut and guaranteed themselves on the card of the UFC Mexico City.
Marcos Dhalsim, the first fighter from Brazil to step into the Octagon this Saturday, weighed 69,9kg. and secured himself in the fight against Cláudio Puelles in the lightweight division.
Bethe Correia used the pound (0,454g.) tolerance and scored 61,7kg. The former bantamweight title challenger faces sijara eubanks in the second fight of the night.
Vinícius Mamute, light heavyweight fighter (up to 93kg), weighed 93,4kg. (used the pound of tolerance) and will exchange forces with Paul Craig.
Ariane Sorriso, the last Brazilian on the preliminary card, surprised many after falling two kilos below the straw category limit (up to 52,1kg.). The fighter stepped on the scale and weighed 50,8 kg, more than one kg more than her opponent's weight, Angela Hill.
Main fight confirmed
In the main fight of the night, the stars of the event had no difficulty in reaching the featherweight limit (up to 65,7kg). The home athlete, Yair Rodriguez and your opponent, Jeremy Stephens they weighed 65,8kg. and guaranteed the protagonism of the show.
Check out the weights of UFC Mexico City athletes
MAIN CARD
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Yair Rodríguez (65,8kg) x Jeremy Stephens (65,8kg)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Carla esparza (52,2kg) x Alexa grasso (52,6kg)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Brandon Moreno (56,2kg) x Askar askarov (56,7kg)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Irene aldana (61,2kg) x Vanessa melo (63,5kg**)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Martín Bravo (65,3kg) x Steven Peterson (66,2kg)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): José Alberto Quiñonez (60,8kg) x Carlos Huachin (61,7kg)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Marco Polo Reyes (65,8kg) x kyle nelson (66,2kg)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Ariane Sorriso (50,8kg) x Angela Hill (52,2kg)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Sergio Pettis (56,2kg) x Tyson Nam (57,2kg)
Light heavyweight (up to 93.kg): Vinícius Mamute (93,4kg) x Paul Craig (93,4kg)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): sijara eubanks (61,2kg) x Bethe Correia (61,7kg)
Lightweight (up to 70,3kg): Cláudio Puelles (70,3kg) x Marcos Dhalsim (69,9kg)
*As there is no belt dispute, all athletes had one pound (0,454g) of tolerance over the weight limit for each category.
**Did not make weight and must pay 30% of his purse to his opponent.
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