Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland make weight without fear and confirm main fight for UFC Las Vegas 66

J. Cannonier at the weigh-in of UFC Las Vegas 66 (Photo: Reproduction/youtube)

Everything ready for the last event of the season. This Friday afternoon (16), the 26 athletes selected for the UFC Las Vegas 66 got on the scales and measured their weights. The main fight of the show will be between middleweights (up to 83,9kg) Jared Cannonier e Sean Strickland. Light weight only (up to 70,3kg) Maheshate Hayisaer exceeded the category limit during the official weigh-in.

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Protagonists of the event, Jared Cannonier e Sean Strickland They had no major problems measuring their weight. The last challenger to be defeated by the then champion Israel adesanya scored 84,1kg. On the other hand, 'Tarzan', who was knocked out in 2022 by the new belt owner Alex Poatán It weighed 84,3kg on the event's official scale.

The only Brazilian at the event, Manauara Alexander Costa stepped on the scale and weighed 56,9kg, just over 200g above the flyweight division limit. The Tupiniquim athlete's opponent, the Iraqi amir albazi measured the same weight as the Brazilian.

Check out the weight of the athletes for UFC Las Vegas 66

MAIN CARD (21pm Brasília time):

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Jared Cannonier (84,1kg) x Sean Strickland (84,3kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Arman Tsarukyan (70,5kg) x Damir Ismagulov (70,7kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): amir albazi (56,9kg) x Alexander Costa (56,9kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Alex Caceres (65,7kg) x julian erosa (66kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Drew dober (70,7kg) x Bobby Green (70,7kg)

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Cody Brundage (83,9kg) x Michal Oleksiejczuk (84,3kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD (18 p.m. Brasília time):

Strawweight (up to 52,2kg): Cheyanne Vlismas (52,4kg) x Cory Mckenna (52,4kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Jake matthews (77,1kg) x Matthew Semelsberger (77,5kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Said Nurmagomedov (61,7kg) x Saidyokub Kakhramonov (61,7kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Rafa Garcia (70,3kg) x Maheshate Hayisaer (71,9kg*)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): BryanBattle (77,1kg) x Rinat Fakhretdinov (77,5kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): David Dvorak (56,9kg) x Manel kape (57,1kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Sergey Morozov (61,7kg) x JourneyNewson (61,4kg)

*Light weight Maheshate Hayisaer exceeded the category limit by just over 1,5kg