L. Mineiro was almost one kilo under the limit at the UFC Combate 2 weigh-in. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Light weight lucas mineiro accepted a last-minute call-up and debuted in the UFC with a tough knockout defeat in UFC Sao Paulo against compatriot Edson Barboza. In the second fight, he experienced problems again, but managed to knock out Jeremy Larsen in the third. round. For the third, weight change.
In the last fight, the Chute Boxe de São Paulo fighter was two pounds (around 900 grams) below the category limit at the time of weigh-in. At a visible physical disadvantage in the two UFC fights, Mineiro and his team decided to move down to bantamweight, two levels below their current category. His manager asked matchmakers UFC made the change and received a positive response. The information was revealed in a conversation with the MMAjunkie website.
Mineiro had already signaled the change at the post-event press conference of UFC No Combate 2, in Jaraguá do Sul, but gave no indication that the change could be so big. The fighter, who shared the best fight of the night bonus at that event with his opponent, still has no set date or opponent for his bantamweight debut. Lucas was undefeated in MMA when he was defeated by Barboza. Now the Brazilian boasts a record of 13-1.
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