Without any fear, Brazilians make weight and confirm their fights at UFC Las Vegas 29

D. Lima faces M. Brown in the UFC Las Vegas 29. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

There was no scare for the Brazilians who participated in the UFC Las Vegas 29, which takes place this Saturday (19). At the official weigh-in for the event, held on Friday afternoon (18), Wellington Turman, Bruno Blindado, Dhiego Lima, Virna jandiroba, Netto BJJ e Lara Procópio cumpriram o compromisso com a balança e garantiram presença no card deste final de semana. Não houve falhas entre os outros 24 atletas.

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In the only Tupiniquim duel of the night, Wellington Turman e Bruno Blindado they easily passed through the scale. The man from Curitiba weighed 84,1kg, while the man from Paraíba, who entered the weigh-in excited, weighed 84,3kg.

Responsible for one of the most anticipated fights of the night, Dhiego Lima and Matt Brown didn't disappoint either. The Goiano man, who had already revealed in an interview with SUPER FIGHTS which was close to the ideal weight, was 77,5kg. The North American passed with 77,3kg.

Primeiro a subir à balança, Netto BJJ passou tranquilamente pela pesagem. O brasileiro cravou 70kg. e chega mais leve que seu oponente, Rick Glenn, que garantiu 70,7kg.

Lara Procópio, who is taking part in the opening fight of the event, had a moment of tension during the measurements. She had to wait a few seconds for the scale to adjust and weighed 57,1kg. The Australian Casey O'Neill It weighed even lighter at 56,9kg.

Main fight confirmed

Responsible for starring in the last fight of the night, Chang Sung Jung and Dan Ige they didn't disappoint. O 'Korean zombie' was one of the last at the weigh-in and secured 66,2kg. Dan Ige, in turn, needed the 'screen', but managed to pass the scales at 66,2kg, at the limit of the featherweight division.

Check out the UFC Las Vegas 29 weights

MAIN CARD (20pm Brasília time):

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Chan sung jung (66,2kg.) x Dan Ige (66,2kg.)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): alexey oleynik (103,4kg.) x Sergey Spivak (109,7kg.)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Marlon Vera (61,6kg.) x davey grant (61,4kg.)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): julian erosa (66kg.) x seung woo choi (66,2kg.)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Wellington Turman (84,1kg.) x Bruno Blindado (84,3kg.)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Matt Brown (77,3kg) x Dhiego Lima (77,5kg.)

PRELIMINARY CARD (17pm Brasília time)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Aleksa Camur (92,7kg.) x Nicolae Negumereanu (93,2kg.)

Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Kanako Murata (51,9kg.) x Virna jandiroba (52,1kg.)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Khaos Williams (76,6kg.) x Matthew Semelsberger (77,1kg.)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Josh Parisian (120,6kg.) x Roque Martinez (112,9kg.)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Netto BJJ (70kg.) x Rick Glenn (70,7kg.)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Casey O'Neill (56,9kg) x Lara Procópio (57,1kg)

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