Derrick Lewis almost breaks the scales, but reaches the heavyweight limit and guarantees fight against Oleynik

D. Lewis (left) and A. Oleynik (right) face each other in the UFC Las Vegas 6. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage

All right for UFC Las Vegas 6, which takes place this Saturday (8). At the official weigh-in, held on Friday afternoon (7), the main athletes confirmed the limits of their divisions and guaranteed their presence at the weekend's show. The highlight was Derrick Lewis, which almost broke 120,2kg. allowed for the heavyweights, but guaranteed the match against alexey oleynik. Three fighters failed.

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One of the protagonists of the night, the veteran alexey oleynik arrived at the weigh-in location before his opponent. Lighter, the Russian weighed 102,9kg. The heavyweight will try to achieve his 50th career victory this Saturday.

Current number four in the category ranking led by Stipe Miocic, Derrick Lewis He was at the official limit for his category and scored 120,2kg. However, even if he exceeded the stipulated amount, the North American would have a pound (454g) of tolerance due to the fact that his fight would not be valid for a belt.

In the co-main fight of the night, Chris Weidman weighed 84,3kg. and will make his return to middleweight (up to 83,9kg.) against Omari Akhmedov, which weighed 84,2kg.).

The only Brazilian on the card, Wellington Turman did not disappoint. Going into his third appearance since his UFC debut, the middleweight (up to 83,9kg.) scored 84,1kg., the same value as his opponent, Andrew Sanchez. The athletes face each other on the preliminary card.

Weight cutting failures

Of the 24 fighters performing this weekend, three did not fulfill their commitment to the scale. Representative of the first fight on the preliminary card, Beneil Dariush exceeded the lightweight limit (up to 70,3kg) by more than 1kg. Your opponent, scott holtzmann weighed 70,7kg. and will receive a percentage of the rival's purse.

Interestingly, the other two fighters who didn't make the weight limit will face each other in the last presentation of the preliminary card. Representatives of welterweights (up to 77kg.), Tim means weighed 78,2kg, while Laureano Staropoli scored 79,1kg.

Check out the weights of the UFC Las Vegas 6 athletes

MAIN CARD

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Derrick Lewis (120,2kg.) x alexey oleynik (102,9kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Omari Akhmedov (84,2kg.) x Chris Weidman (84,3kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Maki Pitolo (84,3kg.) x Darren stewart (84,3kg.)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): It's Kunitskaya (61,4kg.) x Julija Stoliarenko (61,6kg.)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Beneil Dariush (71,6kg.)* x scott holtzmann (70,7kg.)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Tim means (78,2kg.)* x Laureano Staropoli (79,1kg.)*

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Kevin holland (83,2kg.) x Joaquin buckley (83,9kg.)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Nasrat Haqparast (70,7kg.) x Alexander Muñoz (70,7kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Andrew Sanchez (84,1kg.) x Wellington Turman (84,1kg.)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Gavin tucker (66,2kg.) x Justin jaynes (66,2kg.)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Youssef Zalal (66,2kg.) x Peter Barrett (65,9kg.)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg.): Irwin Rivera (61,6kg.) x Ali Alqaisi (61,6kg.)

*The limits of their divisions were exceeded;

**As there are no belt disputes, all athletes had one pound (454g) over the weights of their respective categories.

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