Amanda Nunes reaches the limit of her penalties and guarantees her title defense against Felicia Spencer, this Saturday

Brazilian and Canadian confirm title challenge in the main fight of UFC 250; Herbert Durinho, Jussier Formiga and Raphael Assunção also fulfilled their commitments with the scale

A. Nunes (photo) confirms fight against F. Spencer in UFC 250. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc_brasil

Everything is fine for the main fight of the UFC 250, which takes place this Saturday (6), in Las Vegas (USA). Of the 24 athletes scheduled to perform this weekend, none failed the weight cut, which took place in the early afternoon of this Friday (5). The main fight of the event will mark the meeting between Amanda nunes e Felicia spencer, when the Brazilian makes her first defense of the featherweight title (up to 65,7kg.).

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One of the protagonists of the night, Felicia spencer she was one of the first fighters to step up to the scales. Wearing a mask, the Canadian scored 65,5kg, around 200g below the limit, which proves that the challenger's strategy is to arrive lighter than Nunes for the confrontation.

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Holder of the title, Amanda arrived in space approximately 30 minutes after the measurements began. Calmly, the 'Lione' reached the category limit, confirming 65,7kg.

Representative of the co-main fight of the show, Raphael Assunção he also had no difficulty reaching the limit of his division. The Pernambuco native weighed 61,2kg. and is ready to face the former bantamweight champion (up to 61,2kg).

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Big name of the organization, cody garbrandt He didn't need much time to weigh himself. The North American guaranteed 61,6kg, making use of the pound (0,454kg) tolerance and will appear heavier than the Brazilian.

On the preliminary card, Jussier formiga will make his return to the octagon after his defeat to Brandon Moreno, in March this year. The athlete weighed 57,1kg. just like his opponent this weekend, Alex Perez, which gave the same value.

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Representative of the first fight of the night, Herbert Durinho was the penultimate athlete to weigh in. The Brazilian confirmed the same 67,8kg. of your opponent, Evan dunham, and is looking for his second consecutive victory in Ultimate.

Check out the weights of the UFC 250 athletes

MAIN CARD (23 p.m. Brasília time)

Featherweight (65,7kg): Amanda nunes (65,7kg.) x Felicia spencer (65,5kg.) – Fight for the featherweight belt

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Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Raphael Assunção (61,2kg.) x cody garbrandt (61,6kg.)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): aljamain sterling (61,6kg.) x Cory Sandhagen (61,4kg.)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Neil Magny (77,5kg.) x Anthony Rocco Martin (77,3kg.)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Eddie Wineland (61,6kg.) x Sean O'Malley (61,6kg.)

PRELIMINARY CARD (19:35 p.m., Brasília time)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Alex Caceres (66,2kg.) x Chase Hooper (65,9kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Ian Heinisch (84,1kg.) x Gerald meerschaert (84,1kg.)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): cody stmann (65,9kg.) x brian kelleher (66,2kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Charles byrd (84,1kg.) x Maki Pitolo (84,1kg.)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Jussier formiga (57,1kg.) x Alex Perez (57,1kg.)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Alonzo Menifield (92,9kg.) x Devin Clark (93,2kg.)

Married weight (up to 68kg): Evan dunham (67,8kg.) x Herbert Burns (67,8kg.)

  • In fights not valid for the belt, all athletes had one pound (0,454kg) of tolerance over the official weights of their divisions.

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