Glover makes weight and confirms duel against Anthony Smith this Wednesday at UFC

A. Smith (left) faces G. Teixeira (left). Photo: Reproduction / Twitter @ufc

All right for the 'UFC Smith x Teixeira', an event that takes place this Wednesday (13), in Jacksonville (USA). At the attraction's official weigh-in, held in the early afternoon, 21 of the 22 athletes scheduled for the show made weight and confirmed their duels. Protagonist of the main fight of the show, the Brazilian Glover Teixeira he weighed exactly 93.1 kg, the limit for the light heavyweight category. On the other hand, your rival, Anthony Smith weighed 93.4 kg, using the pound – approximately 454 grams – tolerance for clashes that are not valid for belts.

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Among those cast for the attraction, only the average weight (up to 83.9 kg.) Karl Robertson did not make the weight for its category. He weighed 85 kg. and was fined, but the fight against Italian Marvin vettori was confirmed on the main card.

Brazilians make weight

Besides Glover Teixeira, the other Brazilians cast for the show had no problems with the scales. The newcomer of the night, the heavyweight Philip Lins weighed 107.1 kg against 108 kg of the rival Andrei Arlovski. Already James Moses weighed 70.5 kg and needed to use the tolerance to confirm the lightweight division weight (up to 70.3 kg.). The same did his rival, Michael Johnson.

UFC Smith vs Teixeira weigh-in results

MAIN CARD

Light heavyweight (up to 93,1 kg): Anthony Smith (93 kg) x Glover Teixeira (93,2 kg)

Heavyweight (up to 120,3 kg): Ben Rothwell (120,2 kg) x Ovince St-Preux (109,1 kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Alexander Hernandez (70,3 kg) x Drew dober (70,8 kg)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Ricky simon (61,2 kg) x Ray Borg (61,5 kg)

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Marvin vettori (84,4 kg) x Karl Robertson * (85,1 kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Heavy weight (up to 120,3kg): Andrei Arlovski (108 kg) x Philip Lins (107,1 kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Michael Johnson (70,8 kg) x Thiago Moses (70,5 kg)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): sijara eubanks (61,7 kg) x Sarah Moras (61,7 kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Gabriel benitez (70,5 kg) x Omar Morales (70,5 kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Hunter Azure (65,8 kg) x brian kelleher (66 kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120,3 kg): Chase sherman (114,8 kg) x Ike Villanueva (105,2 kg)

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